Dental practitioner to healthcare assistant

• already held accept own accountability skill
• already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
• already held apply organisational techniques 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 continuity of health care skill
• already held deal with emergency care situations skill
• already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
• already held educate on the prevention of illness 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 inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
• already held interact with healthcare users skill
• already held listen actively skill
• already held manage healthcare users' data skill
• already held promote inclusion skill
• already held provide health education skill
• already held respond to changing situations in health care 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 use foreign languages for health-related research skill
• already held use foreign languages in patient care skill

• 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 technical equipment for sterilisation optional

• not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
• not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
• not needed by the target role build community relations skill
• not needed by the target role carry out local anesthesia in dental procedures skill
• not needed by the target role clinical disciplines in dentistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
• not needed by the target role conduct continuing professional development workshops skill
• not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
• not needed by the target role contribute to practice innovation in health care skill
• not needed by the target role correct dentofacial deformities skill
• not needed by the target role correct temporomandibular joint abnormalities skill
• not needed by the target role cosmetic dental procedures knowledge
• not needed by the target role counsel on nutrition and its impact on oral health skill
• not needed by the target role deal with patients' anxiety skill
• not needed by the target role dentistry science knowledge
• not needed by the target role diagnose abnormalities of dental-facial structures skill
• not needed by the target role differentiate between maxillofacial tissues skill
• not needed by the target role discuss dental treatment options with patient skill
• not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
• not needed by the target role fit dental appliances skill
• not needed by the target role handle payments in dentistry skill
• not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
• not needed by the target role interpret findings from medical examinations skill
• not needed by the target role keep records for dental prostheses skill
• not needed by the target role lead the dental team skill
• not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to anaesthesia skill
• not needed by the target role manage dental emergencies skill
• not needed by the target role manage edentulous patients skill
• not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
• not needed by the target role manage infection control in the facility skill
• not needed by the target role manage occlusion skill
• not needed by the target role medico-biological and medical sciences related to dentistry knowledge
• not needed by the target role minimise occupational hazards in dentistry practice skill
• not needed by the target role mouth anatomy knowledge
• not needed by the target role organise public oral health programmes skill
• not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
• not needed by the target role perform dental clinical examination skill
• not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
• not needed by the target role perform oral health diagnosis skill
• not needed by the target role perform reconstructive oral surgery skill

19 further entries not listed here

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• 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

Yes, and it is a moderate move. A dental practitioner already covers 62% of what a healthcare assistant is expected to do: 24 skills carry over, 22 of which the healthcare assistant role treats as required.

10 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is convey medical routine information.

Its learning distance is 48.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.