RecordMove

Maternity support worker to respiratory therapy technician

A maternity support worker already meets 38% of what the respiratory therapy technician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

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

From maternity support worker

Distant match

To respiratory therapy technician

9 You already bring

9 Still to learn

31 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.4/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a respiratory therapy technician is expected to do is already part of a maternity support worker’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 respiratory therapy technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A respiratory therapy technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a maternity support worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

apply context specific clinical competences
comply with legislation related to health care
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
contribute to continuity of health care
ensure safety of healthcare users
human anatomy

What stands in the way is 9 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A respiratory therapy technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a maternity support worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held promote health and safety communication, collaboration and creativity
already held hygiene in a health care setting services
already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring
already held apply context specific clinical competences communication, collaboration and creativity
already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice assisting and caring
already held ensure safety of healthcare users assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 22 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 4 required, 6 supplementary

still to learn clinical perfusion required
still to learn respiratory medicine required
still to learn respiratory therapy required
still to learn medical terminology required

optional, not held emergency surgery optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held surgery optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held medical informatics optional

02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required

still to learn operate breathing equipment required
still to learn operate heart-lung machines required

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn communicate in healthcare required

optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

still to learn carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures required

05 business, administration and law 1 required

still to learn health care legislation required

06 information skills 3 supplementary

optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
optional, not held interpret medical images optional
optional, not held manage healthcare users' data optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a respiratory therapy 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 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held apply context specific clinical competences 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 ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held promote health and safety skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional

08 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
optional, not held emergency surgery optional
optional, not held interpret medical images optional
optional, not held provide pre-treatment information optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held surgery optional
optional, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
optional, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held manage healthcare users' data optional
optional, not held medical informatics optional
optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional

41 held skills the respiratory therapy technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
not needed by the target role advise on pregnancies at risk skill
not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
not needed by the target role analgesics knowledge
not needed by the target role assess the course of breast-feeding period skill
not needed by the target role assist on pregnancy abnormality skill
not needed by the target role care for the new-born infant skill
not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate with nursing staff skill
not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
not needed by the target role distribute meals to patients skill
not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
not needed by the target role empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy skill
not needed by the target role examine the new-born infant skill
not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
not needed by the target role health education knowledge
not needed by the target role identify abnormalities skill
not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role listen actively skill
not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
not needed by the target role monitor pregnancy skill
not needed by the target role neonatology knowledge
not needed by the target role postpartum period knowledge
not needed by the target role pregnancy knowledge
not needed by the target role preparation for child delivery knowledge
not needed by the target role preparation for parenthood knowledge
not needed by the target role provide basic support to patients skill
not needed by the target role provide health education skill
not needed by the target role provide postnatal care skill
not needed by the target role provide pre-natal care skill
not needed by the target role sex education knowledge
not needed by the target role support nurses skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
not needed by the target role use obstetric sonography skill
not needed by the target role work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
not needed by the target role work under supervision in care skill

1 further entry not listed here

11 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 clinical perfusion required
still to learn respiratory medicine required
still to learn respiratory therapy required
still to learn health care legislation required
still to learn medical terminology required
optional, not held emergency surgery optional
optional, not held rehabilitation of all organ systems optional
optional, not held surgery optional
optional, not held clinical imaging techniques optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held medical informatics optional

Index

Other moves recorded from maternity support worker

Full index of moves from maternity support worker

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a maternity support worker become a respiratory therapy technician?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A maternity support worker already covers 38% of what a respiratory therapy technician is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 8 of which the respiratory therapy technician role treats as required.

What skills does a maternity support worker need to become a respiratory therapy technician?

9 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures.

How hard is the move from maternity support worker to respiratory therapy technician?

Its learning distance is 62.4 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.