emergency ambulance drivertohospital porter
A emergency ambulance driver already meets 42% of what the hospital porter role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
42%
68.3/ 100
1 Share of the hospital porter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the emergency ambulance driver 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 this move works
A hospital porter role treats 17 of its required skills as things a emergency ambulance driver already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- emergency cases
What stands in the way is 22 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hospital porter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a emergency ambulance driver background worth leading with.
- already held position patients undergoing interventions assisting and caring
- already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles assisting and caring
- already held emergency cases health and welfare
- already held operate specialised equipment in emergency working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held transfer patients assisting and caring
- already held assess nature of injury in emergency information skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 17 the hospital porter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 28 missing skills fall into 7 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 apply good clinical practices required
- required, not held employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care required
- required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
- required, not held immobilise patients for emergency intervention required
- required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- required, not held manage major incidents required
- required, not held observe confidentiality required
- required, not held select hazard control required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- optional, not held assist patients with rehabilitation optional
- optional, not held deal with patients' anxiety optional
- optional, not held provide basic support to patients optional
- required, not held accept own accountability required
- required, not held adapt to emergency care environment required
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held interact with healthcare users required
- required, not held clinical science required
- required, not held disorders of vital functions required
- required, not held principles of paramedic practice required
- optional, not held physical science applied to paramedical practice optional
- required, not held conduct physical examination in emergency required
- required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
- optional, not held identify patients' behaviours optional
- required, not held prioritise emergencies required
- required, not held respond to changing situations in health care required
- required, not held transportation methods required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hospital porter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accept own accountability skill · sector specific
- 02 adapt to emergency care environment skill · sector specific
- 03 apply context specific clinical competences 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 adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held assess nature of injury in emergency 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 emergency cases knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held listen actively skill
- already held operate an emergency communication system skill
- already held operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
- already held operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
- already held position patients undergoing interventions skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held transfer patients skill
- already held transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation required
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- optional, not held assist patients with rehabilitation optional
- optional, not held deal with patients' anxiety optional
- optional, not held identify patients' behaviours optional
- optional, not held physical science applied to paramedical practice optional
- optional, not held provide basic support to patients optional
29 held skills the hospital porter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist ambulance paramedics skill
- not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
- not needed by the target role clean vehicle interiors skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- not needed by the target role decontaminate ambulance interior skill
- not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive ambulance under emergency conditions skill
- not needed by the target role drive helicopter under emergency conditions skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role ensure ambulance roadworthiness skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain emergency vehicle equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
- not needed by the target role medical dispatch knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor patients during transfer to hospital skill
- not needed by the target role pathogenic microorganisms knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform multiple tasks at the same time skill
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pilot boat for medical emergency services skill
- not needed by the target role resuscitation knowledge
- not needed by the target role sanitary technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role special equipment in emergency knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in multidisciplinary teams related to emergency care skill
- not needed by the target role write reports on emergency cases skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held clinical science required
- required, not held disorders of vital functions required
- required, not held principles of paramedic practice required
- required, not held transportation methods required
- optional, not held physical science applied to paramedical practice optional
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.