Nuclear medicine radiographer to radiographer
A nuclear medicine radiographer already meets 78% of what the radiographer role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
40.1/ 100
1 How much of what a radiographer is expected to do is already part of a nuclear medicine radiographer’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 radiographer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A radiographer role treats 45 of its required skills as things a nuclear medicine radiographer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adhere to organisational code of ethics
- analyse X-ray imagery
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- apply radiation protection procedures
- apply radiological health sciences
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 56 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A radiographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a nuclear medicine radiographer background worth leading with.
- already held administer radiotherapy assisting and caring
- already held apply radiological health sciences information skills
- already held determine imaging techniques to be performed assisting and caring
- already held evidence-based radiography practice health and welfare
- already held maintain imaging equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held development trends in radiography health and welfare
All 56 carried skills, including the 45 the radiographer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 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.
- still to learn interact with healthcare suppliers required
- still to learn provide health education required
- optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
- still to learn healthcare data systems required
- still to learn pathology required
- optional, not held epidemiology optional
- optional, not held orthopaedics optional
- still to learn promote inclusion required
- still to learn provide information required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- still to learn interpret requests for imaging examinations required
- optional, not held Interpret diagnostic procedures for vascular surgery optional
- still to learn develop new imaging techniques required
- optional, not held use obstetric sonography optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a radiographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 develop new imaging techniques practise this
- 02 healthcare data systems study this
- 03 interact with healthcare suppliers 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 56 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational code of ethics skill
- already held analyse X-ray imagery skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held apply radiation protection procedures skill
- already held apply radiological health sciences skill
- already held calculate exposure to radiation 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 conduct cancer screening tests skill
- already held conduct radiotherapy computer planning skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held determine imaging techniques to be performed skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure compliance with radiation protection regulations skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held evidence-based radiography practice knowledge
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held maintain imaging equipment skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held manage radiology information system skill
- already held medical contrast agents knowledge
- already held medical oncology knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held operate medical imaging equipment skill
- already held paediatrics knowledge
- already held pharmaceutical products knowledge
- already held post-process medical images skill
- already held prepare patients for imaging procedures skill
- already held provide psychological support to patients skill
- already held psychology knowledge
- already held radiation physics in healthcare knowledge
- already held radiation protection knowledge
- already held radiobiology knowledge
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held administer radiotherapy skill
- already held conduct health related research skill
- already held conduct video telemetry skill
- already held development trends in radiography knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held identify progression of disease skill
- already held implant brachytherapy treatments skill
- already held interpret medical images skill
- already held perform clinical research in radiography 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
- still to learn use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Interpret diagnostic procedures for vascular surgery optional
- optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
- optional, not held perform lectures optional
- optional, not held use obstetric sonography optional
- optional, not held educate on the prevention of illness optional
- optional, not held epidemiology optional
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held orthopaedics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
- optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
11 held skills the radiographer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer contrast media skill
- not needed by the target role administer radiopharmaceuticals skill
- not needed by the target role determine medical images' diagnostic suitability skill
- not needed by the target role determine patient's exposure factors skill
- not needed by the target role electroencephalography knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle radiopharmaceuticals skill
- not needed by the target role perform nuclear medicine procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare for nuclear medicine procedures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare radiopharmaceuticals skill
- not needed by the target role undertake post-examination activities skill
- not needed by the target role use nuclear medicine techniques skill
7 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 healthcare data systems required
- still to learn pathology required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held epidemiology optional
- optional, not held orthopaedics optional
- optional, not held pedagogy optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
Other moves recorded from nuclear medicine radiographer
Common questions about this move
Can a nuclear medicine radiographer become a radiographer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A nuclear medicine radiographer already covers 78% of what a radiographer is expected to do: 56 skills carry over, 45 of which the radiographer role treats as required.
What skills does a nuclear medicine radiographer need to become a radiographer?
10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is develop new imaging techniques.
How hard is the move from nuclear medicine radiographer to radiographer?
Its learning distance is 40.1 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.