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

respiratory therapy techniciantodoctors' surgery assistant

A respiratory therapy technician already meets 29% of what the doctors' surgery assistant role asks for. The move turns on 31 required skills not yet in the profile.

From respiratory therapy technician
29%
Overlap1
To doctors' surgery assistant
16 Skills carried over
31 Required, not held
80.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.3/ 100

1 Share of the doctors' surgery assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the respiratory therapy technician 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 15 of its required skills as things a respiratory therapy technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship

What stands in the way is 31 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 16 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 respiratory therapy technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held provide pre-treatment information communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held conduct polysomnography information skills
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held health care legislation business, administration and law
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 15 the doctors' surgery assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 50 missing skills fall into 9 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 assisting and caring 10 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
  • 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 follow clinical guidelines required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
  • optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 8 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held provide test results to medical 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 interact with healthcare users required
  • required, not held provide health education required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
  • optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
03 health and welfare 5 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
  • 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
04 information skills 4 required, 2 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 record healthcare users' billing information optional
05 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional
  • optional, not held administer appointments optional

3 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences 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 develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held provide pre-treatment information 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 multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held conduct polysomnography skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held health care system required
08 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
  • optional, not held take blood samples optional
09 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 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
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
15 held skills the doctors' surgery assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical imaging techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clinical perfusion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergency surgery 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 interpret medical images skill
  • not needed by the target role operate breathing equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate heart-lung machines skill
  • not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role rehabilitation of all organ systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respiratory medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respiratory therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role surgery knowledge
14 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 system 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 respiratory therapy technician

Full index of moves from respiratory therapy technician

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.