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

paramedic in emergency responsestodoctors' surgery assistant

A paramedic in emergency responses already meets 48% of what the doctors' surgery assistant role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From paramedic in emergency responses
48%
Overlap1
To doctors' surgery assistant
26 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
67 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67/ 100

1 Share of the doctors' surgery assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the paramedic in emergency responses 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 doctors' surgery assistant role treats 25 of its required skills as things a paramedic in emergency responses already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • apply organisational techniques
  • communicate in healthcare

What stands in the way is 21 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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A doctors' surgery assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a paramedic in emergency responses background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held health care system services
  • 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

All 26 carried skills, including the 25 the doctors' surgery assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 40 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 health and welfare 7 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held anaesthetics required
  • required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • required, not held surgical asepsis required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures optional
02 assisting and caring 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform reconstructive plastic surgery required
  • required, not held answer patients' questions required
  • required, not held assist in epilepsy surgery required
  • required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
  • required, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
  • optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
03 information skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain treatment records required
  • required, not held monitor patients' progress related to treatment required
  • required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
  • required, not held process medical insurance claims required
  • optional, not held analyse X-ray imagery optional
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
04 business, administration and law 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held provide pre-treatment information required
  • required, not held provide test results to medical staff required
  • optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
06 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
  • optional, not held take blood samples optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a doctors' surgery 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques 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 health care system knowledge
  • 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 use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held analyse X-ray imagery optional
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures optional
  • optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional
  • optional, not held take blood samples optional
  • optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
57 held skills the doctors' surgery assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to emergency care environment skill
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role administer medication in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role apply first response skill
  • not needed by the target role assess nature of injury in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role brief hospital staff skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examination in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with blood skill
  • not needed by the target role decontaminate ambulance interior skill
  • not needed by the target role defibrillation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
  • not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disorders of vital functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergency cases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role intravenous infusion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intubation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage patients with acute illnesses skill
  • not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
  • not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical dispatch knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
  • not needed by the target role operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathogenic microorganisms knowledge

17 further entries not listed here

16 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 administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held anaesthetics required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • required, not held surgical asepsis required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures optional
Index

Other moves recorded from paramedic in emergency responses

Full index of moves from paramedic in emergency responses

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.