opticiantophysiotherapy assistant
A optician already meets 56% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
56%
57.3/ 100
1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the optician 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 physiotherapy assistant role treats 23 of its required skills as things a optician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
What stands in the way is 18 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 23 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 optician background worth leading with.
- 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
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
- already held manage healthcare users' data information skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 23 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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.
- required, not held assist physiotherapists required
- required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy 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 communicate in healthcare required
- required, not held use different communication channels 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 provide stroke rehabilitation services required
- required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process 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 collect healthcare user data under supervision required
- required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
- required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
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.
- 01 assist physiotherapists skill · occupation specific
- 02 support discharge from physiotherapy skill · occupation specific
- 03 adhere to health well-being and safety skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply organisational techniques 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 listen actively 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
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
38 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
- not needed by the target role adjust eyeglasses skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on eyewear maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on optical instruments maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on contact lense maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role comply with optical prescriptions skill
- not needed by the target role cut lenses for eyeglasses skill
- not needed by the target role dispense corrective lenses skill
- not needed by the target role ensure client orientation skill
- not needed by the target role eye protection regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role fit low vision aids skill
- not needed by the target role handle contact lenses skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain records of clients' prescriptions skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role make referrals to ophthalmology skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role operate cash register skill
- not needed by the target role operate optical measuring equipment skill
- not needed by the target role optical glass characteristics knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform frames' repairs skill
- not needed by the target role prepare optical laboratory activities skill
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards of ophthalmic equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role repair lenses skill
- not needed by the target role sell optical products skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
- not needed by the target role use lensometer skill
- not needed by the target role use ophthalmic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role verify lenses compliance skill
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.