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

podiatristtopodiatry assistant

A podiatrist already meets 44% of what the podiatry assistant role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From podiatrist
44%
Overlap1
To podiatry assistant
23 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
66.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.2/ 100

1 Share of the podiatry 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 podiatry assistant role treats 14 of its required skills as things a podiatrist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • chiropody
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • dermatology
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
  • ensure safety of healthcare users
  • follow clinical guidelines

What stands in the way is 15 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A podiatry 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 podiatric surgery health and welfare
  • already held conduct podiatry consultation information skills
  • already held chiropody health and welfare
  • already held foot problems health and welfare
  • already held orthopaedic treatment alternatives health and welfare
  • already held promote foot health communication, collaboration and creativity

All 23 carried skills, including the 14 the podiatry assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 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 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held podiatric diseases required
  • required, not held clinical coding required
  • required, not held orthopaedics required
  • required, not held types of orthopedic supplies required
  • optional, not held surgical asepsis optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held communicate in healthcare required
  • required, not held provide medication information required
  • optional, not held place orders for orthopedic products optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held discuss the medical history of the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held provide health education optional
03 information skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • required, not held perform clinical coding procedures required
  • required, not held record treated patient's information required
  • optional, not held analyse X-ray imagery optional
  • optional, not held monitor basic patients signs optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information optional
04 assisting and caring 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held treat patients' nails required
  • required, not held shape nails required
  • optional, not held apply foot casts optional
  • optional, not held apply wound dressings optional
  • optional, not held carry out wound care optional
  • optional, not held treat nails optional
05 business, administration and law 2 required
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held health records management required
06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a podiatry 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 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held chiropody knowledge
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held dermatology knowledge
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held foot problems knowledge
  • already held maintain medical devices skill
  • already held orthopaedic conditions knowledge
  • already held orthopaedic treatment alternatives knowledge
  • already held podiatric surgery knowledge
  • already held promote foot health skill
  • already held provide footwear advice to patients skill
  • already held recommend orthotic devices skill
  • already held conduct podiatry consultation skill
  • already held health care system knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held kinetics knowledge
  • already held pharmacology knowledge
  • already held process medical insurance claims skill
  • already held sterilization techniques knowledge
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
08 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply foot casts optional
  • optional, not held apply wound dressings optional
  • optional, not held analyse X-ray imagery optional
  • optional, not held carry out wound care optional
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held monitor basic patients signs optional
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information optional
  • optional, not held place orders for orthopedic products optional
  • optional, not held recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition optional
  • optional, not held surgical asepsis optional
  • optional, not held treat nails optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional
  • optional, not held discuss the medical history of the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology optional
  • optional, not held provide health education optional
  • optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
20 held skills the podiatry assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • 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 comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role develop foot orthoses skill
  • not needed by the target role histology 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 interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
  • not needed by the target role orthotics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
  • 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
9 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 podiatric diseases required
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held clinical coding required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held orthopaedics required
  • required, not held types of orthopedic supplies required
  • optional, not held microbiology-bacteriology optional
  • optional, not held surgical asepsis optional
  • optional, not held medical terminology 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.