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

advanced nurse practitionertohealthcare assistant

A advanced nurse practitioner already meets 61% of what the healthcare assistant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From advanced nurse practitioner
61%
Overlap1
To healthcare assistant
23 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
49 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49/ 100

1 Share of the healthcare assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the advanced nurse practitioner 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 healthcare assistant role treats 22 of its required skills as things a advanced nurse practitioner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • apply organisational techniques
  • communicate with nursing staff
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • contribute to continuity of health care

What stands in the way is 10 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A healthcare assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a advanced nurse practitioner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held support nurses 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

All 23 carried skills, including the 22 the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide basic support to patients required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held convey medical routine information required
  • required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
  • required, not held work under supervision in care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
03 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held identify abnormalities required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
04 health and welfare 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a healthcare 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 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held communicate with nursing staff 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 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 provide health education skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held support nurses 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 work with nursing staff skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist in the administration of medication to elderly optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
  • optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held perform cleaning duties optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
  • optional, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation optional
70 held skills the healthcare assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 assess physical conditions of clients 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 clinical decision-making at advanced practice 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 preoperative investigations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research in advanced nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to high level health strategic decisions 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 develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose advanced nursing care skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose nursing care 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 evidence-based nursing care 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 policy in healthcare practices skill
  • not needed by the target role implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role innovation in nursing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead healthcare services changes skill
  • not needed by the target role lead research activities in nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role leadership in nursing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make clinical decisions 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

5 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
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held geriatrics optional
  • optional, not held older adults' needs optional
  • optional, not held sterilization techniques optional
Index

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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.