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

healthcare assistanttopharmacy assistant

A healthcare assistant already meets 50% of what the pharmacy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From healthcare assistant
50%
Overlap1
To pharmacy assistant
24 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
61.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 61.7

This move: 61.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the pharmacy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the healthcare assistant 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pharmacy assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a healthcare assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness 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 use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity

All 24 carried skills, including the 21 the pharmacy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 7 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 7 required
  • required, not held check for medication expiry terms required
  • required, not held check information on prescriptions required
  • required, not held maintain pharmaceutical records required
  • required, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information required
  • required, not held take pharmaceutical inventory required
  • required, not held ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products required
  • required, not held process medical insurance claims required
02 handling and moving 5 required
  • required, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health required
  • required, not held handle the logistics of medicinal products required
  • required, not held maintain adequate medication storage conditions required
  • required, not held prepare prescription labels required
  • required, not held transfer medication required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • required, not held communicate in healthcare required
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held apply context specific clinical competences optional
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
04 health and welfare 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held medicines for self-medication required
  • required, not held medicines required
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required
  • required, not held handle petty cash required
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pharmacy 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 24 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 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 communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply context specific clinical competences optional
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
22 held skills the pharmacy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist in the administration of medication to elderly skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with nursing staff skill
  • not needed by the target role convey medical routine information skill
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role distribute meals to patients skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves skill
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role identify abnormalities skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
  • not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
  • not needed by the target role provide basic support to patients skill
  • not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support individuals to adjust to physical disability skill
  • not needed by the target role support nurses skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
  • not needed by the target role use technical equipment for sterilisation skill
  • not needed by the target role work under supervision in care skill
  • not needed by the target role work with nursing staff skill
7 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 medicines for self-medication required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held medicines required
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from healthcare assistant

Full index of moves from healthcare assistant

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.