physiotherapy assistanttoadvanced physiotherapist
A physiotherapy assistant already meets 55% of what the advanced physiotherapist role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
63.4/ 100
1 Share of the advanced physiotherapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the physiotherapy 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 this move works
A advanced physiotherapist role treats 37 of its required skills as things a physiotherapy assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advocate health
- apply organisational techniques
What stands in the way is 28 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 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A advanced physiotherapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a physiotherapy assistant background worth leading with.
- already held maintain physiotherapy equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy assisting and caring
- already held advocate health communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop plans related to client discharge management skills
- already held provide learning support in healthcare management skills
- already held adhere to health well-being and safety assisting and caring
All 37 carried skills, including the 37 the advanced physiotherapist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 7 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 prescribe tests for physiotherapy required
- required, not held provide advanced clinical practice in physiotherapy required
- required, not held adjust physiotherapy interventions required
- required, not held formulate a treatment plan required
- required, not held prescribe healthcare products required
- required, not held prescribe medication required
- required, not held refer healthcare users required
- required, not held triage clients required
- required, not held triage clients for physiotherapy required
- required, not held provide self management support required
- optional, not held apply acupuncture optional
- required, not held collect healthcare user's general data required
- required, not held conduct physiotherapy assessment required
- required, not held engage in physiotherapy research required
- required, not held measure effectiveness of the service provided required
- required, not held provide physiotherapy diagnosis required
- required, not held conduct health related research required
- required, not held interpret medical results required
- required, not held manage clinical risk required
- required, not held develop physiotherapy services required
- required, not held develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services required
- required, not held manage physiotherapy staff required
- required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
- required, not held supervise physiotherapist assistants required
- required, not held manage a healthcare unit budget required
- required, not held supervise physiotherapy students required
- optional, not held analyse personal fitness information optional
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held manage healthcare staff required
- optional, not held spine surgery optional
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a advanced physiotherapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 prescribe tests for physiotherapy skill · occupation specific
- 02 provide advanced clinical practice in physiotherapy skill · occupation specific
- 03 adjust physiotherapy interventions 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 37 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to health well-being and safety skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held advocate health 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 contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
- already held contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held develop plans related to client discharge skill
- already held develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
- already held develop therapeutic relationships 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 maintain physiotherapy equipment skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held promote health and safety policies in health services skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy skill
- already held provide learning support in healthcare skill
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use different communication channels 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held occupational health optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held spine surgery optional
- optional, not held analyse personal fitness information optional
- optional, not held apply acupuncture optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
4 held skills the advanced physiotherapist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist physiotherapists skill
- not needed by the target role collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
- not needed by the target role provide stroke rehabilitation services skill
- not needed by the target role support discharge from physiotherapy skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held manage healthcare staff required
- optional, not held spine surgery optional
- optional, not held occupational health optional
- optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
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.