Table 1Transition record

assistant clinical psychologisttoclinical psychologist

A assistant clinical psychologist already meets 34% of what the clinical psychologist role asks for. The move turns on 63 required skills not yet in the profile.

From assistant clinical psychologist

34%

Overlap1

To clinical psychologist

36 Skills carried over

63 Required, not held

79.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the clinical psychologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the assistant clinical psychologist 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 clinical psychologist role treats 36 of its required skills as things a assistant clinical psychologist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
adhere to organisational guidelines
apply clinical psychological treatment
apply context specific clinical competences
apply psychological intervention strategies
assess healthcare users' risk for harm

What stands in the way is 63 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 36 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A clinical psychologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a assistant clinical psychologist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held apply psychological intervention strategies assisting and caring
already held evaluate clinical psychological measures information skills
already held provide clinical psychological assessment communication, collaboration and creativity
already held provide clinical psychological expert opinions communication, collaboration and creativity
already held provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations assisting and caring
already held apply clinical psychological treatment assisting and caring

All 36 carried skills, including the 36 the clinical psychologist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 84 missing skills fall into 12 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 15 required, 6 supplementary

required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
required, not held help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness required
required, not held manage psychotherapeutic relationships required
required, not held promote psycho-social education required
required, not held support patients to understand their conditions required
required, not held use psychoeducation required
required, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams required
required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
required, not held interact with healthcare users required
required, not held listen actively required
required, not held provide health education required
required, not held provide testimony in court hearings required
required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required

optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
optional, not held provide clinical advice to team members optional
optional, not held work with healthcare users under medication optional
optional, not held work with healthcare users' social network optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

02 assisting and caring 15 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held provide psychological interventions to chronically ill persons required
required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
required, not held employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques required
required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
required, not held handle patient trauma required
required, not held organise relapse prevention required
required, not held perform therapy sessions required
required, not held provide a psychotherapeutic environment required
required, not held refer healthcare users required
required, not held respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions required
required, not held use psychotherapeutic interventions required
required, not held work on psychosomatic issues required
required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
required, not held promote inclusion required

optional, not held apply hypno-psychotherapy optional
optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
optional, not held apply systemic therapy optional
optional, not held prescribe medication optional
optional, not held work on the effects of abuse optional

03 information skills 10 required

required, not held provide strategies of differential diagnosis required
required, not held carry out psychiatric assessment of child required
required, not held diagnose mental disorders required
required, not held monitor therapeutic progress required
required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
required, not held record the outcome of psychotherapy required
required, not held use clinical assessment techniques required
required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
required, not held test for behavioural patterns required
required, not held test for emotional patterns required

04 health and welfare 7 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held methods of differential diagnosis required
required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
required, not held psychopathology required
required, not held counselling methods required
required, not held crisis intervention required
required, not held neurology required
required, not held primary care required

optional, not held clinical social work optional
optional, not held forensic psychiatry optional
optional, not held neuroscience optional
optional, not held sexual disorders optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 7 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held expert services in clinical psychology required
required, not held conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology required
required, not held creation of clinical psychological opinions required
required, not held emergency psychology required
required, not held history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems required
required, not held psychological healthcare services required
required, not held psychological treatment measures required

optional, not held experimental psychology optional
optional, not held psychosomatics optional

06 management skills 4 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held promote mental health required
required, not held use techniques to increase patients' motivation required
required, not held apply organisational techniques required
required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required

optional, not held apply caseload management optional
optional, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health optional

6 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a clinical psychologist 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 36 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held apply clinical psychological treatment skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
already held apply psychological intervention strategies skill
already held assess healthcare users' risk for harm skill
already held clinical psychological treatment knowledge
already held clinical reports knowledge
already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
already held conduct psychological assessement skill
already held conduct psychological research skill
already held consultation knowledge
already held counsel clients skill
already held decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach skill
already held diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
already held diagnosis of mental health issues knowledge
already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
already held evaluate clinical psychological measures skill
already held evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
already held first aid knowledge
already held formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
already held health psychology knowledge
already held identify mental health issues skill
already held interpret psychological tests skill
already held prescribe psychotherapeutic treatment skill
already held provide clinical psychological assessment skill
already held provide clinical psychological counselling skill
already held provide clinical psychological expert opinions skill
already held provide clinical psychological support in crisis situations skill
already held psychiatry knowledge
already held psychological diagnostics knowledge
already held psychological interventions knowledge
already held psychology knowledge
already held therapy in health care knowledge
already held work with patterns of psychological behaviour skill

The 6 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held scientific literature required

optional, not held research design optional

08 arts and humanities 1 required

required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required

09 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held drug interaction management required

10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required

required, not held psychopharmacology required

11 working with computers 1 required

required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required

12 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held occupational health optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held apply caseload management optional
optional, not held apply hypno-psychotherapy optional
optional, not held apply psychoanalysis optional
optional, not held apply systemic therapy optional
optional, not held clinical social work optional
optional, not held conduct forensic evaluations optional
optional, not held experimental psychology optional
optional, not held forensic psychiatry optional
optional, not held neuroscience optional
optional, not held occupational health optional
optional, not held prescribe medication optional
optional, not held provide clinical advice to team members optional
optional, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health optional
optional, not held psychosomatics optional
optional, not held sexual disorders optional
optional, not held work on the effects of abuse optional
optional, not held work with healthcare users under medication optional
optional, not held work with healthcare users' social network optional
optional, not held research design optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

16 held skills the clinical psychologist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role analyse psychological aspects of illness skill
not needed by the target role assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
not needed by the target role assist psychologist skill
not needed by the target role carry out neuropsychological testing skill
not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role developmental psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role evaluate psychological health measures skill
not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
not needed by the target role paediatric psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role provide health psychological advice skill
not needed by the target role provide health psychological analysis skill
not needed by the target role provide health psychological concepts skill
not needed by the target role provide health psychological diagnosis skill
not needed by the target role provide health psychological treatment advice skill
not needed by the target role psychological concepts knowledge

26 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 expert services in clinical psychology required
required, not held methods of differential diagnosis required
required, not held conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology required
required, not held creation of clinical psychological opinions required
required, not held drug interaction management required
required, not held emergency psychology required
required, not held history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems required
required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
required, not held psychological healthcare services required
required, not held psychopathology required
required, not held psychopharmacology required
required, not held counselling methods required
required, not held crisis intervention required
required, not held health care occupation-specific ethics required
required, not held neurology required
required, not held primary care required
required, not held psychological treatment measures required
required, not held scientific literature required
optional, not held clinical social work optional
optional, not held experimental psychology optional
optional, not held forensic psychiatry optional
optional, not held neuroscience optional
optional, not held occupational health optional
optional, not held psychosomatics optional
optional, not held sexual disorders optional
optional, not held research design optional

Index

Other moves recorded from assistant clinical psychologist

Full index of moves from assistant clinical psychologist

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.