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

specialist nursetospecialist pharmacist

A specialist nurse already meets 52% of what the specialist pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist nurse
52%
Overlap1
To specialist pharmacist
31 Skills carried over
24 Required, not held
62 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62/ 100

1 Share of the specialist pharmacist 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 specialist pharmacist role treats 26 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
  • apply person-centred care
  • communicate in healthcare

What stands in the way is 24 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 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist pharmacist 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 anti-cancer medical treatment assisting and caring
  • already held perform diagnostic testing for allergies information skills
  • already held manage adverse reactions to drugs assisting and caring
  • already held prescribe medication assisting and caring
  • already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health management skills
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity

All 31 carried skills, including the 26 the specialist pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 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 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 8 required
  • required, not held botany required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held inorganic chemistry required
  • required, not held organic chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmacology required
  • required, not held physics required
  • required, not held toxicology required
02 health and welfare 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held cancer risks required
  • required, not held pharmacognosy required
  • required, not held pharmacotherapy required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
  • required, not held pharmacokinetics required
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held medical devices optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held advise on poisoning incidents required
  • required, not held provide pharmaceutical advice required
  • required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical advice required
  • required, not held provide medication information required
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held review patient's medical data required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical care required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist pharmacist 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 31 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 apply person-centred 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 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 anti-cancer medical treatment skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health 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
  • already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
  • already held perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
  • already held prescribe medication 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 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held pharmacy law required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
  • optional, not held medical devices optional
61 held skills the specialist pharmacist 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 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 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
  • not needed by the target role participate in health personnel training skill

21 further entries not listed here

18 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 botany required
  • required, not held cancer risks required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held pharmacognosy required
  • required, not held pharmacotherapy required
  • required, not held human anatomy required
  • required, not held inorganic chemistry required
  • required, not held organic chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
  • required, not held pharmacokinetics required
  • required, not held pharmacology required
  • required, not held pharmacy law required
  • required, not held physics required
  • required, not held toxicology required
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held medical devices 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.