RecordMove

Anaesthetic technician to clinical perfusion scientist

An anaesthetic technician already meets 37% of what the clinical perfusion scientist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From anaesthetic technician

Distant match

To clinical perfusion scientist

14 You already bring

11 Still to learn

42 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.1/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a clinical perfusion scientist is expected to do is already part of an anaesthetic technician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the clinical perfusion scientist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A clinical perfusion scientist role treats 8 of its required skills as things an anaesthetic technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

communicate in healthcare
comply with legislation related to health care
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
ensure safety of healthcare users
human anatomy
medical terminology

What stands in the way is 11 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A clinical perfusion scientist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an anaesthetic technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held emergency surgery health and welfare
already held perform bronchoscopy information skills
already held surgery health and welfare
already held resuscitation health and welfare
already held medical informatics health and welfare
already held medical terminology health and welfare

All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the clinical perfusion scientist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn conceptualise healthcare user’s needs required
still to learn conduct routine blood testing required
still to learn perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required

optional, not held interpret medical images optional

02 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required
still to learn contribute to continuity of health care required

optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
optional, not held perform VATS optional

03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn operate breathing equipment required
still to learn operate heart-lung machines required

optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 6 supplementary

still to learn apply context specific clinical competences required

optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
optional, not held promote health and safety optional
optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional

05 health and welfare 1 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn clinical perfusion required

optional, not held electroencephalography optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held transplantation optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional

06 business, administration and law 1 required

still to learn health care legislation required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a clinical perfusion scientist 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 14 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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 ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held medical terminology knowledge
already held resuscitation knowledge
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held emergency surgery knowledge
already held first aid knowledge
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held medical informatics knowledge
already held perform bronchoscopy skill
already held surgery knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 services 1 required

still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required

08 working with computers 2 supplementary

optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional

09 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
optional, not held electroencephalography optional
optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
optional, not held interpret medical images optional
optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
optional, not held perform VATS optional
optional, not held promote health and safety optional
optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held transplantation optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional

44 held skills the clinical perfusion scientist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role administer anaesthetics to patients skill
not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
not needed by the target role arrange surgery operating site skill
not needed by the target role assess patients after surgery skill
not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
not needed by the target role assist with hemostasis skill
not needed by the target role biophysics knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct preoperative investigations skill
not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
not needed by the target role demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery skill
not needed by the target role dispose medical waste skill
not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
not needed by the target role endoscopy knowledge
not needed by the target role ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery skill
not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
not needed by the target role instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics skill
not needed by the target role intensive care medicine knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain anaesthetic machinery skill
not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia skill
not needed by the target role manage infection control in the facility skill
not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
not needed by the target role monitor patients during surgery skill
not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
not needed by the target role order supplies for anaesthesia services skill
not needed by the target role perform eye surgery skill
not needed by the target role perform reconstructive microsurgery skill
not needed by the target role perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures skill
not needed by the target role perform venepuncture procedures skill
not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role positions for surgical procedures knowledge
not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
not needed by the target role spine surgery knowledge
not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role surgical asepsis knowledge
not needed by the target role techniques of blood-sampling knowledge

4 further entries not listed here

7 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 pick up Tier

still to learn clinical perfusion required
still to learn health care legislation required
still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required
optional, not held electroencephalography optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held transplantation optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional

Index

Other moves recorded from anaesthetic technician

Full index of moves from anaesthetic technician

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an anaesthetic technician become a clinical perfusion scientist?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An anaesthetic technician already covers 37% of what a clinical perfusion scientist is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 8 of which the clinical perfusion scientist role treats as required.

What skills does an anaesthetic technician need to become a clinical perfusion scientist?

11 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply context specific clinical competences.

How hard is the move from anaesthetic technician to clinical perfusion scientist?

Its learning distance is 67.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.