optometristtophysiotherapy assistant
A optometrist already meets 61% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 53 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the optometrist 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 · What you already bring
Of the 25 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 optometrist background worth leading with.
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment information skills
- 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 25 carried skills, including the 25 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- required, not held assist physiotherapists required
- required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy required
- required, not held advocate health required
- required, not held develop therapeutic relationships required
- required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
- required, not held use different communication channels required
- required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
- required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
- required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
- required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process required
- required, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
- required, not held develop plans related to client discharge required
- required, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care required
- required, not held provide learning support in healthcare required
- required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
- required, not held 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 skill · occupation specific
- 02 support discharge from physiotherapy skill · occupation specific
- 03 adhere to health well-being and safety skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 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 manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment 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
35 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer medication for vision problems skill
- not needed by the target role advise customers on optical instruments maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise on contact lense maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role advise patients on vision improvement conditions skill
- not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
- not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
- not needed by the target role determine eye disease progression skill
- not needed by the target role diagnose problems of the visual system skill
- not needed by the target role eye protection regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role fit contact lenses skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role optical glass characteristics knowledge
- not needed by the target role optical instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role participate in medical inventory control skill
- not needed by the target role perform comprehensive eye examinations skill
- not needed by the target role perform ocular tonometry skill
- not needed by the target role perform vision rehabilitation skill
- not needed by the target role prescribe corrective lenses skill
- not needed by the target role preventive medicine knowledge
- not needed by the target role process payments skill
- not needed by the target role promote ocular health skill
- not needed by the target role provide domiciliary eyecare skill
- not needed by the target role provide therapy of the visual system skill
- not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards of ophthalmic equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
- not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role refraction of the eye knowledge
- not needed by the target role test visual acuity skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
- not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
- not needed by the target role use ophthalmic instruments skill
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.