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

nurse assistanttoclinical perfusion scientist

A nurse assistant already meets 41% of what the clinical perfusion scientist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From nurse assistant
41%
Overlap1
To clinical perfusion scientist
13 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
64.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64.3/ 100

1 Share of the clinical perfusion scientist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the nurse 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 clinical perfusion scientist role treats 10 of its required skills as things a nurse assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • health care legislation

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

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held resuscitation health and welfare
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring

All 13 carried skills, including the 10 the clinical perfusion scientist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held conceptualise healthcare user’s needs required
  • required, not held conduct routine blood testing required
  • required, not held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required
  • optional, not held interpret medical images optional
  • optional, not held perform bronchoscopy optional
  • optional, not held manage healthcare users' data optional
02 health and welfare 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held clinical perfusion required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held surgery optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate breathing equipment required
  • required, not held operate heart-lung machines required
  • optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
  • optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
  • optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
  • optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
  • optional, not held perform VATS optional
06 working with computers 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
  • optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a clinical perfusion 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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held resuscitation knowledge
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
  • optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held interpret medical images optional
  • optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
  • optional, not held perform VATS optional
  • optional, not held perform bronchoscopy optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
  • optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held surgery optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
  • optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
  • optional, not held manage healthcare users' data optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
47 held skills the clinical perfusion scientist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role acute care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role adolescence medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply nursing care in long-term care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply sustainability principles in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with nursing staff skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations 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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role follow-up patients with heart attack skill
  • not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify abnormalities skill
  • not needed by the target role implement fundamentals of nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role implement nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
  • not needed by the target role innovation in nursing knowledge
  • 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 medicines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
  • not needed by the target role nursing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role nursing science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role palliative care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform venous cannulation skill
  • not needed by the target role person centred care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role primary care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote a positive image of nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill

7 further entries not listed here

9 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 clinical perfusion required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held emergency surgery optional
  • optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
  • optional, not held surgery optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
  • optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
  • optional, not held medical informatics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from nurse assistant

Full index of moves from nurse 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.