Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

health psychologisttoassistant clinical psychologist

A health psychologist already meets 64% of what the assistant clinical psychologist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From health psychologist
64%
Overlap1
To assistant clinical psychologist
32 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
45.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

45.8/ 100

1 Share of the assistant clinical psychologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the health psychologist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A assistant clinical psychologist role treats 15 of its required skills as things a health psychologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • assess healthcare users' risk for harm
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A assistant clinical psychologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a health psychologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held analyse psychological aspects of illness assisting and caring
  • already held evaluate psychological health measures information skills
  • already held provide health psychological analysis communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide health psychological concepts management skills
  • already held provide health psychological diagnosis information skills
  • already held provide health psychological treatment advice communication, collaboration and creativity

All 32 carried skills, including the 15 the assistant clinical psychologist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assess the patient's therapeutic needs required
  • required, not held identify mental health issues required
  • required, not held conduct psychological research required
  • optional, not held carry out neuropsychological testing optional
  • optional, not held evaluate clinical psychological measures optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held apply psychological intervention strategies required
  • optional, not held apply clinical psychological treatment optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological counselling optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assist psychologist required
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological assessment optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological expert opinions optional
04 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held diagnosis of mental health issues required
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach required
06 social sciences, journalism and information 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held clinical psychological treatment optional
  • optional, not held human psychological development optional
  • optional, not held paediatric psychology optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a assistant clinical psychologist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held assess healthcare users' risk for harm skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held conduct psychological assessement skill
  • already held evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
  • already held psychiatry knowledge
  • already held psychological concepts knowledge
  • already held psychological diagnostics knowledge
  • already held psychological interventions knowledge
  • already held psychology knowledge
  • already held therapy in health care knowledge
  • already held work with patterns of psychological behaviour skill
  • already held analyse psychological aspects of illness skill
  • already held clinical reports knowledge
  • already held consultation knowledge
  • already held counsel clients skill
  • already held diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held evaluate psychological health measures skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
  • already held health psychology knowledge
  • already held interpret psychological tests skill
  • already held prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment skill
  • already held provide health psychological advice skill
  • already held provide health psychological analysis skill
  • already held provide health psychological concepts skill
  • already held provide health psychological diagnosis skill
  • already held provide health psychological treatment advice skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held carry out neuropsychological testing optional
  • optional, not held apply clinical psychological treatment optional
  • optional, not held clinical psychological treatment optional
  • optional, not held evaluate clinical psychological measures optional
  • optional, not held human psychological development optional
  • optional, not held paediatric psychology optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological assessment optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological expert opinions optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held provide clinical psychological counselling optional
  • optional, not held provide first aid optional
62 held skills the assistant clinical psychologist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on mental health skill
  • not needed by the target role advise policy makers in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse health damaging behaviours skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse large-scale data in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse processes influencing health care delivery skill
  • not needed by the target role apply a holistic approach in care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply caseload management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health psychological measures skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role conditions for professional practice of health psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • not needed by the target role counselling methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role emergency psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role encourage healthy behaviours skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role experimental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness skill
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role manage health promotion activities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
  • not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role promote psycho-social education skill
  • not needed by the target role provide health counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role provide health education skill
  • not needed by the target role provide psychological health assessment strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill

22 further entries not listed here

6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held diagnosis of mental health issues required
  • optional, not held clinical psychological treatment optional
  • optional, not held human psychological development optional
  • optional, not held paediatric psychology optional
  • optional, not held cognitive psychology optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from health psychologist

Full index of moves from health psychologist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.