hospital portertoparamedic in emergency responses
A hospital porter already meets 51% of what the paramedic in emergency responses role asks for. The move turns on 35 required skills not yet in the profile.
51%
67.7/ 100
1 Share of the paramedic in emergency responses role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hospital porter 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 this move works
A paramedic in emergency responses role treats 39 of its required skills as things a hospital porter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adapt to emergency care environment
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- assess nature of injury in emergency
What stands in the way is 35 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A paramedic in emergency responses role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hospital porter background worth leading with.
- already held adapt to emergency care environment communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held disorders of vital functions health and welfare
- already held employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care assisting and caring
- already held immobilise patients for emergency intervention assisting and caring
- already held physical science applied to paramedical practice health and welfare
- already held principles of paramedic practice health and welfare
All 39 carried skills, including the 39 the paramedic in emergency responses role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 44 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.
- required, not held brief hospital staff required
- required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
- required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- required, not held write reports on emergency cases required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- required, not held provide health education required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held administer medication in emergency required
- required, not held manage patients with acute illnesses required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held manage acute pain required
- required, not held apply first response required
- required, not held cope with blood required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held maintain order at scenes of accidents required
- required, not held promote inclusion required
- optional, not held manage trauma through surgical means optional
- required, not held defibrillation required
- required, not held intravenous infusion required
- required, not held intubation required
- required, not held emergency medicine required
- required, not held medical dispatch required
- required, not held sanitary technology required
- required, not held medical devices required
- required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
- optional, not held evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- required, not held sociology applied to paramedical science required
- required, not held stages of normal development required
- required, not held behavioural science required
- required, not held health care system required
- required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a paramedic in emergency responses role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer medication in emergency skill · occupation specific
- 02 brief hospital staff skill · occupation specific
- 03 defibrillation knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 39 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adapt to emergency care environment skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held assess nature of injury in emergency skill
- already held clinical science knowledge
- already held communicate in healthcare 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 physical examination in emergency skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held disorders of vital functions knowledge
- already held emergency cases knowledge
- already held employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage major incidents skill
- already held monitor basic patients signs skill
- already held observe confidentiality skill
- already held operate an emergency communication system skill
- already held operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
- already held operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
- already held physical science applied to paramedical practice knowledge
- already held position patients undergoing interventions skill
- already held principles of paramedic practice knowledge
- already held prioritise emergencies skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held select hazard control skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held transfer patients skill
- already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles skill
- already held transportation methods knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held delegate emergency care required
- required, not held pharmacology required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice optional
- optional, not held decontaminate ambulance interior optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
- optional, not held manage trauma through surgical means optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
7 held skills the paramedic in emergency responses role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
- not needed by the target role apply good clinical practices skill
- not needed by the target role assist patients with rehabilitation skill
- not needed by the target role deal with patients' anxiety skill
- not needed by the target role identify patients' behaviours skill
- not needed by the target role provide basic support to patients skill
- not needed by the target role use technical equipment for sterilisation skill
16 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held defibrillation required
- required, not held intravenous infusion required
- required, not held intubation required
- required, not held sociology applied to paramedical science required
- required, not held stages of normal development required
- required, not held emergency medicine required
- required, not held medical dispatch required
- required, not held sanitary technology required
- required, not held behavioural science required
- required, not held health care system required
- required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
- required, not held medical devices required
- required, not held pathogenic microorganisms required
- required, not held pharmacology required
- optional, not held evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice optional
- optional, not held dietetics optional
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.