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

occupational therapisttophysiotherapy assistant

A occupational therapist already meets 54% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From occupational therapist
54%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
22 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
59.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.1/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy 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 physiotherapy assistant role treats 22 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
  • communicate in healthcare
  • 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

What stands in the way is 19 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 physiotherapy 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 provide stroke rehabilitation services assisting and caring
  • already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment information skills
  • 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 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 22 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 8 required
  • required, not held assist physiotherapists required
  • required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy required
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advocate health required
  • required, not held develop therapeutic relationships required
  • required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
02 management skills 5 required
  • required, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
  • required, not held develop plans related to client discharge required
  • required, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care required
  • required, not held provide learning support in healthcare required
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
03 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
  • required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physiotherapy 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 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 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 provide stroke rehabilitation services skill
  • already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment 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
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
64 held skills the physiotherapy 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 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 geriatrics 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

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.