Table 1Transition record

midwifetospecialist pharmacist

A midwife already meets 49% of what the specialist pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From midwife

49%

Overlap1

To specialist pharmacist

29 Skills carried over

25 Required, not held

64.5 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 64.5

This move: 64.5 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the specialist pharmacist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the midwife 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist pharmacist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a midwife background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held homeopathy health and welfare
already held prescribe medication assisting and caring
already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health management skills
already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
already held pharmacology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held use foreign languages for health-related research communication, collaboration and creativity

All 29 carried skills, including the 25 the specialist pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 8 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required

required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
required, not held advise on poisoning incidents required
required, not held provide pharmaceutical advice required
required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical advice required
required, not held communicate in healthcare required
required, not held interact with healthcare users required
required, not held provide medication information required

02 health and welfare 6 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held cancer risks required
required, not held pharmacognosy required
required, not held pharmacotherapy required
required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
required, not held pharmacokinetics required

optional, not held medical devices optional

03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 6 required

required, not held botany required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
required, not held physics required
required, not held toxicology required

04 assisting and caring 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held apply person-centred care required
required, not held provide anti-cancer medical treatment required
required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical care required
required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required

optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional

05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held review patient's medical data required

optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
optional, not held conduct health related research optional

06 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held pharmacy law required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist pharmacist 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 29 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences 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 ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held follow clinical guidelines skill
already held human anatomy knowledge
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held listen actively skill
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
already held pharmacology knowledge
already held promote inclusion skill
already held provide health education skill
already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health 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 homeopathy knowledge
already held prescribe medication skill
already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
already held use foreign languages in patient care skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional

08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary

optional, not held maintain medical devices optional

6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional
optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
optional, not held conduct health related research optional
optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
optional, not held medical devices optional

59 held skills the specialist pharmacist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
not needed by the target role advise on childbirth skill
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 apply acupuncture skill
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 carry out treatment prescribed by doctors skill
not needed by the target role childbirth knowledge
not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
not needed by the target role company policies knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct research on reproductive medicine skill
not needed by the target role conduct spontaneous child deliveries skill
not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
not needed by the target role embryology knowledge
not needed by the target role empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy skill
not needed by the target role epidemiology knowledge
not needed by the target role examine the new-born infant skill
not needed by the target role female reproductive system pathology knowledge
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 health education knowledge
not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
not needed by the target role lactation knowledge
not needed by the target role monitor pregnancy skill
not needed by the target role neonatology knowledge
not needed by the target role obstetric ultrasonography knowledge
not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
not needed by the target role perform antepartum fetal monitoring skill
not needed by the target role phytotherapy knowledge
not needed by the target role postpartum legal protection 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

19 further entries not listed here

14 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 acquire Tier

required, not held botany required
required, not held cancer risks required
required, not held pharmacognosy required
required, not held pharmacotherapy required
required, not held inorganic chemistry required
required, not held organic chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
required, not held pharmacokinetics required
required, not held pharmacy law required
required, not held physics required
required, not held toxicology required
optional, not held medical devices optional

Index

Other moves recorded from midwife

Full index of moves from midwife

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.