chiropractic assistanttophysiotherapy assistant
A chiropractic assistant already meets 44% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 66.8 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chiropractic assistant 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 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 chiropractic assistant background worth leading with.
- already held collect healthcare user data under supervision information skills
- already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services management skills
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment information skills
- 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 use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
All 18 carried skills, including the 18 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 23 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.
- required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
- required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
- required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines 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 develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held listen actively 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 manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
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.
- 01 assist physiotherapists skill · occupation specific
- 02 support discharge from physiotherapy skill · occupation specific
- 03 adhere to health well-being and safety skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held collect healthcare user data under supervision 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 quality physiotherapy services skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use different communication channels 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
14 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
- not needed by the target role chiropractic terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role collect healthcare user's general data skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify patients' medical records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain chiropractic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
- not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role use electronic health records management system skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
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.