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

healthcare assistanttospecialist biomedical scientist

A healthcare assistant already meets 41% of what the specialist biomedical scientist role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From healthcare assistant
41%
Overlap1
To specialist biomedical scientist
21 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
71.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

71.2/ 100

1 Share of the specialist biomedical scientist 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.

Why

Why this move works

A specialist biomedical scientist role treats 20 of its required skills as things a healthcare assistant 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
  • contribute to continuity of health care

What stands in the way is 24 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 21 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist biomedical scientist 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 educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent 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
  • already held manage healthcare users' data information skills
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills

All 21 carried skills, including the 20 the specialist biomedical scientist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 10 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held diagnose disorders of the urogenital system required
  • required, not held perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis required
  • required, not held perform pathology consultations required
  • required, not held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required
  • required, not held validate biomedical analysis results required
  • required, not held conduct health related research required
  • required, not held keep up to date with diagnostic innovations required
  • required, not held report the results of treatment required
  • optional, not held examine samples in dermatology optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
02 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held follow code of ethics for biomedical practices required
  • required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
  • required, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery required
  • required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
  • required, not held provide test results to medical staff required
  • required, not held train employees required
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
04 health and welfare 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held dermapathology required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held make clinical decisions required
  • required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held multidisciplinary research required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist biomedical scientist 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 21 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 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 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 have computer literacy skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held monitor biomedical equipment stock required
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
09 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
10 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held record data from biomedical tests required
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held examine samples in dermatology optional
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia optional
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
25 held skills the specialist biomedical scientist 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 in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with nursing staff skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify abnormalities skill
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges 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
11 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 biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
  • required, not held dermapathology required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • required, not held multidisciplinary research required
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia 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.