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

specialist nursetooptometrist

A specialist nurse already meets 46% of what the optometrist role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist nurse
46%
Overlap1
To optometrist
28 Skills carried over
25 Required, not held
67.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.8/ 100

1 Share of the optometrist 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 optometrist role treats 21 of its required skills as things a specialist nurse already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care

What stands in the way is 25 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A optometrist 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 provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health management skills
  • already held refer healthcare users assisting and caring
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity

All 28 carried skills, including the 21 the optometrist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 10 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 information skills 7 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform comprehensive eye examinations required
  • required, not held perform ocular tonometry required
  • required, not held determine eye disease progression required
  • required, not held diagnose problems of the visual system required
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • required, not held record healthcare users' billing information required
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise customers on optical instruments maintenance required
  • required, not held advise on contact lense maintenance required
  • required, not held advise patients on vision improvement conditions required
  • required, not held promote ocular health required
  • required, not held implement marketing strategies required
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
03 assisting and caring 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held fit contact lenses required
  • required, not held prescribe corrective lenses required
  • required, not held provide therapy of the visual system required
  • required, not held test visual acuity required
  • optional, not held administer medication for vision problems optional
  • optional, not held provide domiciliary eyecare optional
  • optional, not held perform vision rehabilitation optional
04 management skills 3 required
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • required, not held process payments required
05 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held refraction of the eye required
  • required, not held optical instruments required
  • optional, not held preventive medicine optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held quality standards of ophthalmic equipment required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a optometrist 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 28 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • 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 deal with emergency care situations 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 have computer literacy 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 promote inclusion skill
  • already held refer healthcare users skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held optical glass characteristics required
08 services 1 required
  • required, not held eye protection regulations required
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held use ophthalmic instruments required
10 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held participate in medical inventory control optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held administer medication for vision problems optional
  • optional, not held provide domiciliary eyecare optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held perform vision rehabilitation optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
  • optional, not held participate in medical inventory control optional
  • optional, not held preventive medicine optional
64 held skills the optometrist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt leadership styles in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • 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 advise on healthy lifestyles skill
  • not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse quality of nurse care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply nursing care in long-term care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role apply sustainability principles in health care 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 assist in kidney transplant skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out nurse-led discharge 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 coordinate care skill
  • not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate 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 impact of social contexts on health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement fundamentals of nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role implement nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role initiate life preserving measures 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 information in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill

24 further entries not listed here

6 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 refraction of the eye required
  • required, not held quality standards of ophthalmic equipment required
  • required, not held eye protection regulations required
  • required, not held optical glass characteristics required
  • required, not held optical instruments required
  • optional, not held preventive medicine optional
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.