Nurse responsible for general care to physiotherapy assistant
A nurse responsible for general care already meets 59% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
55.1/ 100
1 How much of what a physiotherapy assistant is expected to do is already part of a nurse responsible for general care’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 physiotherapy assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A physiotherapy assistant role treats 24 of its required skills as things a nurse responsible for general care already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
What stands in the way is 17 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physiotherapy assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a nurse responsible for general care background worth leading with.
- already held provide stroke rehabilitation services assisting and caring
- already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
All 24 carried skills, including the 24 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 assist physiotherapists required
- still to learn support discharge from physiotherapy required
- still to learn advocate health required
- still to learn develop therapeutic relationships required
- still to learn promote health and safety policies in health services required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- still to learn contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
- still to learn develop plans related to client discharge required
- still to learn develop plans related to the transfer of care required
- still to learn provide learning support in healthcare required
- still to learn adhere to health well-being and safety required
- still to learn provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
- still to learn contribute to the rehabilitation process required
- still to learn collect healthcare user data under supervision required
- still to learn record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
- still to learn manage healthcare users' data required
- still to learn maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a physiotherapy assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist physiotherapists practise this
- 02 support discharge from physiotherapy practise this
- 03 adhere to health well-being and safety 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 24 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply organisational techniques 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 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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held provide stroke rehabilitation services 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
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
82 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role acute care knowledge
- not needed by the target role adapt leadership styles in healthcare skill
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role adolescence medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
- not needed by the target role analyse quality of nurse care skill
- not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
- not needed by the target role apply nursing care in long-term care skill
- not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
- not needed by the target role apply sustainability principles in health care skill
- not needed by the target role assist in kidney transplant skill
- not needed by the target role biological chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out nurse-led discharge skill
- not needed by the target role citizen involvement in healthcare knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate care skill
- not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
- not needed by the target role empower individuals, families and groups skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role evidence-based nursing care knowledge
- not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
- not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement fundamentals of nursing skill
- not needed by the target role implement nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
- not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
- not needed by the target role initiate life preserving measures skill
- not needed by the target role innovation in nursing knowledge
- not needed by the target role leadership in nursing knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage information in health care skill
42 further entries not listed here
Other moves recorded from nurse responsible for general care
- specialist nurse 76% covered · moderate
- healthcare assistant 66% covered · moderate
- advanced nurse practitioner 65% covered · substantial
- dental hygienist 59% covered · moderate
- specialist pharmacist 54% covered · substantial
- homeopath 54% covered · moderate
- dental technician 54% covered · moderate
- dental chairside assistant 54% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a nurse responsible for general care become a physiotherapy assistant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A nurse responsible for general care already covers 59% of what a physiotherapy assistant is expected to do: 24 skills carry over, 24 of which the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a nurse responsible for general care need to become a physiotherapy assistant?
17 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist physiotherapists.
How hard is the move from nurse responsible for general care to physiotherapy assistant?
Its learning distance is 55.1 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.