RecordMove

Clinical perfusion scientist to anaesthetic technician

A clinical perfusion scientist already meets 29% of what the anaesthetic technician role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From clinical perfusion scientist

Distant match

To anaesthetic technician

14 You already bring

25 Still to learn

58 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance A rebuild

80/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an anaesthetic technician is expected to do is already part of a clinical perfusion scientist’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 anaesthetic technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An anaesthetic technician role treats 12 of its required skills as things a clinical perfusion scientist 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
emergency surgery
ensure safety of healthcare users
first aid

What stands in the way is 25 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. An anaesthetic technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a clinical perfusion scientist 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 12 the anaesthetic technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 44 missing skills fall into 8 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 health and welfare 8 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn anaesthetics required
still to learn emergency medicine required
still to learn intensive care medicine required
still to learn professional documentation in health care required
still to learn surgical asepsis required
still to learn human physiology required
still to learn infection control required
still to learn sterilization techniques required

optional, not held endoscopy optional
optional, not held positions for surgical procedures optional
optional, not held spine surgery optional
optional, not held techniques of blood-sampling optional
optional, not held radiation protection optional

02 information skills 6 required

still to learn assess patients after surgery required
still to learn monitor patients during surgery required
still to learn conduct preoperative investigations required
still to learn monitor basic patients signs required
still to learn monitor stock level required
still to learn undertake healthcare examination required

03 assisting and caring 5 required, 11 supplementary

still to learn administer anaesthetics to patients required
still to learn ensure the positioning of the patient for surgery required
still to learn deal with emergency care situations required
still to learn empathise with the healthcare user required
still to learn manage infection control in the facility required

optional, not held arrange surgery operating site optional
optional, not held perform eye surgery optional
optional, not held assist in epilepsy surgery optional
optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
optional, not held demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery optional
optional, not held manage acute pain optional
optional, not held manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia optional
optional, not held manage trauma through surgical means optional
optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
optional, not held perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures optional
optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional

04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required

still to learn biophysics required
still to learn pharmacology required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn order supplies for anaesthesia services required

optional, not held instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn maintain anaesthetic machinery required

optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an anaesthetic technician 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 emergency surgery knowledge
already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held first aid knowledge
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held medical informatics knowledge
already held resuscitation knowledge
already held surgery knowledge
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held medical terminology knowledge
already held perform bronchoscopy skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 handling and moving 1 required

still to learn dispose medical waste required

08 management skills 1 required

still to learn tolerate stress required

19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held arrange surgery operating site optional
optional, not held endoscopy optional
optional, not held instruct on allergic reactions to anaesthetics optional
optional, not held perform eye surgery optional
optional, not held positions for surgical procedures optional
optional, not held spine surgery optional
optional, not held assist in epilepsy surgery optional
optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
optional, not held demonstrate technical skills during neurological surgery optional
optional, not held manage acute pain optional
optional, not held manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia optional
optional, not held manage trauma through surgical means optional
optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
optional, not held perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures optional
optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
optional, not held techniques of blood-sampling optional
optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
optional, not held radiation protection optional
optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional

28 held skills the anaesthetic technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences 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 clinical imaging techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role clinical perfusion knowledge
not needed by the target role conceptualise healthcare user’s needs skill
not needed by the target role conduct radiotherapy computer planning skill
not needed by the target role conduct routine blood testing skill
not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
not needed by the target role electroencephalography knowledge
not needed by the target role explain types of coagulation disorders skill
not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
not needed by the target role interpret medical images skill
not needed by the target role operate breathing equipment skill
not needed by the target role operate heart-lung machines skill
not needed by the target role operate patients with thoracic diseases skill
not needed by the target role perform VATS skill
not needed by the target role perform transcranial magnetic stimulation skill
not needed by the target role promote health and safety skill
not needed by the target role provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions skill
not needed by the target role provide pre-treatment information skill
not needed by the target role rehabilitation of all organ systems knowledge
not needed by the target role respond to changing situations in health care skill
not needed by the target role transplantation knowledge
not needed by the target role use e-health and mobile health technologies skill

15 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 anaesthetics required
still to learn emergency medicine required
still to learn intensive care medicine required
still to learn professional documentation in health care required
still to learn surgical asepsis required
still to learn biophysics required
still to learn human physiology required
still to learn infection control required
still to learn pharmacology required
still to learn sterilization techniques required
optional, not held endoscopy optional
optional, not held positions for surgical procedures optional
optional, not held spine surgery optional
optional, not held techniques of blood-sampling optional
optional, not held radiation protection optional

Index

Other moves recorded from clinical perfusion scientist

Full index of moves from clinical perfusion scientist

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a clinical perfusion scientist become an anaesthetic technician?

Yes, and it is a career change move. A clinical perfusion scientist already covers 29% of what an anaesthetic technician is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 12 of which the anaesthetic technician role treats as required.

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

25 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is administer anaesthetics to patients.

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

Its learning distance is 80 out of 100, which is the career change 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.