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

podiatristtohealthcare assistant

A podiatrist already meets 26% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From podiatrist
26%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
11 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
78 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance A rebuild

78/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the podiatrist 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 9 of its required skills as things a podiatrist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • follow clinical guidelines

What stands in the way is 23 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 11 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 podiatrist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held sterilization techniques health and welfare
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage healthcare users' data information skills
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 9 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 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 11 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
  • required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held provide health education 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
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
02 assisting and caring 6 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
  • required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
  • required, not held promote inclusion 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 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
05 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies 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 geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held sterilization techniques knowledge
  • 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
12 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 geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
32 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role biomechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role chiropody knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct podiatry consultation skill
  • not needed by the target role dermatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop foot orthoses skill
  • not needed by the target role foot problems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role histology 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 hydrotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role immunology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic conditions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic treatment alternatives knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthotics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role podiatric surgery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
  • not needed by the target role promote foot health skill
  • not needed by the target role provide footwear advice to patients skill
  • not needed by the target role recommend orthotic devices skill
  • not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
  • not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role rheumatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sport and exercise medicine knowledge
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 geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
Index

Other moves recorded from podiatrist

Full index of moves from podiatrist

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.