Emergency ambulance driver to patient transport services driver
An emergency ambulance driver already meets 36% of what the patient transport services driver role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
62.5/ 100
1 How much of what a patient transport services driver is expected to do is already part of an emergency ambulance driver’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 patient transport services driver role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A patient transport services driver role treats 5 of its required skills as things an emergency ambulance driver already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- comply with legislation related to health care
- follow verbal instructions
- operate an emergency communication system
- transfer patients
What stands in the way is 10 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A patient transport services driver role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an emergency ambulance driver background worth leading with.
- already held transfer patients assisting and caring
- already held resuscitation health and welfare
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held operate an emergency communication system working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held health care legislation business, administration and law
- already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring
All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the patient transport services driver role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 10 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.
- still to learn maintain vehicle appearance required
- still to learn maintain vehicle service required
- still to learn drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions required
- still to learn transport allocated patients required
- still to learn assist passengers required
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
- still to learn follow written instructions required
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn complete patient journey records required
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a patient transport services driver role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 complete patient journey records practise this
- 02 drive ambulance under non-emergency conditions practise this
- 03 transport allocated patients practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held operate an emergency communication system skill
- already held transfer patients skill
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held resuscitation knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn local geography required
- still to learn licences regulation required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held apply numeracy skills optional
- optional, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities optional
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
37 held skills the patient transport services driver role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assess nature of injury in emergency skill
- 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 healthcare skill
- not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice 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 emergency cases knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure ambulance roadworthiness skill
- not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy 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 listen actively skill
- 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 operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
- not needed by the target role operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
- 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 position patients undergoing interventions skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- 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 tolerate stress skill
- not needed by the target role transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles skill
- 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
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
- still to learn licences regulation required
- still to learn local geography required
- optional, not held older adults' needs optional
Other moves recorded from emergency ambulance driver
Common questions about this move
Can an emergency ambulance driver become a patient transport services driver?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An emergency ambulance driver already covers 36% of what a patient transport services driver is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 5 of which the patient transport services driver role treats as required.
What skills does an emergency ambulance driver need to become a patient transport services driver?
10 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by constructing. The single most important is complete patient journey records.
How hard is the move from emergency ambulance driver to patient transport services driver?
Its learning distance is 62.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.