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

occupational therapisttohealthcare assistant

A occupational therapist already meets 54% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From occupational therapist
54%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
22 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
55.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.2/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the occupational therapist 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 healthcare assistant role treats 19 of its required skills as things a occupational therapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • 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
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship

What stands in the way is 13 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A healthcare assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a occupational therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held geriatrics health and welfare
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research 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 develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity

All 22 carried skills, including the 19 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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 7 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held support nurses required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
03 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
04 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held have computer literacy required
06 health and welfare 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a healthcare 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent 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 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users 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 geriatrics knowledge
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
64 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise healthcare users on occupational health skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on environmental alterations skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply techniques of occupational therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role assess risks for the elderly skill
  • not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
  • not needed by the target role assist healthcare users achieve autonomy skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in performing physical exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role bobath therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role community-based rehabilitation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create individual treatment programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role develop a rehabilitation programme skill
  • not needed by the target role disorders affecting self-awareness knowledge
  • not needed by the target role encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring skill
  • not needed by the target role ergonomics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify research topics skill
  • not needed by the target role identify the healthcare user’s personal capacity skill
  • not needed by the target role instruct on the use of special equipment for daily activities skill
  • not needed by the target role manage occupational therapy students skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor patients' progress related to treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neuropsychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role occupational health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role occupational physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role occupational science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role occupational therapy theories knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role osteopathy knowledge

24 further entries not listed here

4 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
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Index

Other moves recorded from occupational therapist

Full index of moves from occupational therapist

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.