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

nurse assistanttomaternity support worker

A nurse assistant already meets 48% of what the maternity support worker role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From nurse assistant
48%
Overlap1
To maternity support worker
19 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
62.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

1 Share of the maternity support worker 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 maternity support worker role treats 18 of its required skills as things a nurse assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate with nursing staff
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • deal with emergency care situations
  • empathise with the healthcare user

What stands in the way is 14 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A maternity support worker 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 identify abnormalities information skills
  • already held communicate with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held provide basic support to patients assisting and caring
  • already held work with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held support nurses communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held distribute meals to patients assisting and caring

All 19 carried skills, including the 18 the maternity support worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 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, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on family planning required
  • required, not held advise on pregnancies at risk required
  • required, not held advise on pregnancy required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held apply context specific clinical competences optional
  • optional, not held assess the course of breast-feeding period optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held provide health education optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
02 assisting and caring 5 required
  • required, not held assist on pregnancy abnormality required
  • required, not held care for the new-born infant required
  • required, not held provide postnatal care required
  • required, not held provide pre-natal care required
  • required, not held empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy required
03 health and welfare 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held pregnancy required
  • required, not held childbirth required
  • optional, not held anaesthetics optional
  • optional, not held analgesics optional
  • optional, not held neonatology optional
  • optional, not held postpartum period optional
  • optional, not held preparation for child delivery optional
  • optional, not held preparation for parenthood optional
04 education 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held health education required
  • optional, not held sex education optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held examine the new-born infant required
  • optional, not held monitor pregnancy optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a maternity support worker 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate with nursing staff 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 human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held identify abnormalities skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held monitor basic patients signs skill
  • already held provide basic support to patients skill
  • already held support nurses skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held work with nursing staff skill
  • already held distribute meals to patients skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use obstetric sonography optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held anaesthetics optional
  • optional, not held analgesics optional
  • optional, not held apply context specific clinical competences optional
  • optional, not held assess the course of breast-feeding period optional
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held monitor pregnancy optional
  • optional, not held neonatology optional
  • optional, not held postpartum period optional
  • optional, not held preparation for child delivery optional
  • optional, not held preparation for parenthood optional
  • optional, not held promote health and safety optional
  • optional, not held use obstetric sonography optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held provide health education optional
  • optional, not held sex education optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
41 held skills the maternity support worker 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 advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • 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 in healthcare 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 first aid knowledge
  • 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 health care legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • 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 medicines knowledge
  • 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
  • not needed by the target role provide professional care in nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role resuscitation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role safe management of medicines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role solve problems in healthcare skill

1 further entry not listed here

12 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 pregnancy required
  • required, not held childbirth required
  • required, not held health education required
  • optional, not held anaesthetics optional
  • optional, not held analgesics optional
  • optional, not held embryology optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held neonatology optional
  • optional, not held postpartum period optional
  • optional, not held preparation for child delivery optional
  • optional, not held preparation for parenthood optional
  • optional, not held sex education 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.