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

health psychologisttohealthcare assistant

A health psychologist already meets 64% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From health psychologist
64%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
25 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
46 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

64%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

46/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant 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 healthcare assistant role treats 23 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
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • apply organisational techniques
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 9 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 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A healthcare assistant 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 educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers

All 25 carried skills, including the 23 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 8 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • required, not held support nurses required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
05 health and welfare 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a healthcare assistant 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held promote inclusion skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
69 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 analyse psychological aspects of illness 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 context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply health psychological measures skill
  • not needed by the target role assess healthcare users' risk for harm skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conditions for professional practice of health psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct psychological assessement skill
  • not needed by the target role consultation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role counsel clients 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 diagnose mental disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms 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 evaluate psychological health measures skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role experimental psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret psychological tests skill
  • not needed by the target role manage health promotion activities 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 prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment 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 psychological advice skill

29 further entries not listed here

5 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
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques 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.