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

specialist nursetophysiotherapy assistant

A specialist nurse already meets 54% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist nurse
54%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
22 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
59.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.3/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant 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 physiotherapy assistant role treats 22 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
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 19 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physiotherapy assistant 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 educate on the prevention of illness 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
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills

All 22 carried skills, including the 22 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 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 6 required
  • required, not held assist physiotherapists required
  • required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy required
  • required, not held advocate health required
  • required, not held develop therapeutic relationships required
  • required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
02 management skills 5 required
  • required, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
  • required, not held develop plans related to client discharge required
  • required, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care required
  • required, not held provide learning support in healthcare required
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
03 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
  • required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
  • required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
  • required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process required
04 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physiotherapy 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 22 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 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 deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship 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 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 provide health education 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 a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
70 held skills the physiotherapy assistant 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 context specific clinical competences 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 have computer literacy 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

30 further entries not listed here

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.