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

specialist nursetonurse responsible for general care

A specialist nurse already meets 60% of what the nurse responsible for general care role asks for. The move turns on 38 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist nurse
60%
Overlap1
To nurse responsible for general care
66 Skills carried over
38 Required, not held
61.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

60%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

61.4/ 100

1 Share of the nurse responsible for general care role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialist nurse 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 nurse responsible for general care role treats 54 of its required skills as things a specialist nurse already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adapt leadership styles in healthcare
  • address problems critically
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • advise on healthy lifestyles

What stands in the way is 38 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 66 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nurse responsible for general care role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialist nurse background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held adapt leadership styles in healthcare management skills
  • already held initiate life preserving measures assisting and caring
  • already held patient safety theories health and welfare
  • already held simulation-based clinical education education
  • already held use clinical reasoning communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse quality of nurse care information skills

All 66 carried skills, including the 54 the nurse responsible for general care 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 27 required
  • required, not held citizen involvement in healthcare required
  • required, not held evidence-based nursing care required
  • required, not held leadership in nursing required
  • required, not held patient autonomy required
  • required, not held acute care required
  • required, not held dietetics required
  • required, not held disability care required
  • required, not held palliative care required
  • required, not held person centred care required
  • required, not held surgery required
  • required, not held adolescence medicine required
  • required, not held first aid required
  • required, not held general medicine required
  • required, not held geriatrics required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held innovation in nursing required
  • required, not held newborn care required
  • required, not held nursing principles required
  • required, not held nursing science required
  • required, not held paediatrics required
  • required, not held pathology required
  • required, not held primary care required
  • required, not held psychiatry required
  • required, not held public health required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
02 education 2 required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held biological chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmacology required
04 services 2 required
  • required, not held safe management of medicines required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held psychology required
  • required, not held sociology required
06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
  • optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a nurse responsible for general care 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 66 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adapt leadership styles in healthcare skill
  • already held address problems critically skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held advise on healthy lifestyles skill
  • already held analyse quality of nurse care skill
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held apply nursing care in long-term care skill
  • already held apply person-centred care skill
  • already held apply sustainability principles in health care 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 coordinate care skill
  • already held deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held delegate emergency care skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held diagnose nursing care skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held evaluate nursing care skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held impact of social contexts on health knowledge
  • already held implement fundamentals of nursing skill
  • already held implement nursing care skill
  • already held implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held initiate life preserving measures skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held manage information in health care skill
  • already held manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held participate in health personnel training skill
  • already held plan nursing care skill
  • already held promote a positive image of nursing skill
  • already held promote human rights skill
  • already held promote inclusion skill
  • already held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held provide nursing advice on healthcare skill
  • already held provide professional care in nursing skill
  • already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held solve problems in healthcare skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • already held use electronic health records in nursing skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • already held assist in kidney transplant skill
  • already held carry out nurse-led discharge skill
  • already held patient safety theories knowledge
  • already held perform venous cannulation skill
  • already held prescribe medication skill
  • already held provide nursing care in community settings skill
  • already held provide palliative care skill
  • already held simulation-based clinical education knowledge
  • already held use clinical reasoning skill
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
08 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
  • optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
26 held skills the nurse responsible for general care role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
  • not needed by the target role administer immunotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role coach individuals in specialised nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in specialised nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct patch testing skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct preoperative investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluation in specialised nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role follow-up patients with heart attack skill
  • not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
  • not needed by the target role manage communicable disease skill
  • not needed by the target role manage hospital-acquired infections skill
  • not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
  • not needed by the target role perform bronchoscopy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform endoscopy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role promote health in specialised care skill
  • not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role specialist nursing care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role treat endocrine disorders skill
36 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 citizen involvement in healthcare required
  • required, not held evidence-based nursing care required
  • required, not held leadership in nursing required
  • required, not held patient autonomy required
  • required, not held acute care required
  • required, not held biological chemistry required
  • required, not held dietetics required
  • required, not held disability care required
  • required, not held palliative care required
  • required, not held person centred care required
  • required, not held safe management of medicines required
  • required, not held surgery required
  • required, not held adolescence medicine required
  • required, not held first aid required
  • required, not held general medicine required
  • required, not held geriatrics required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held innovation in nursing required
  • required, not held newborn care required
  • required, not held nursing principles required
  • required, not held nursing science required
  • required, not held paediatrics required
  • required, not held pathology required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • required, not held pharmacology required
  • required, not held primary care required
  • required, not held psychiatry required
  • required, not held psychology required
  • required, not held public health required
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • required, not held scientific research methodology required
  • required, not held sociology required
Index

Other moves recorded from specialist nurse

Full index of moves from specialist nurse

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.