Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

orthoptisttophysiotherapy assistant

A orthoptist already meets 61% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From orthoptist
61%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
25 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
53 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

61%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

53/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the orthoptist 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.

Why

Why this move works

A physiotherapy assistant role treats 25 of its required skills as things a orthoptist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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 16 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 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 orthoptist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • 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
02 assisting and caring 4 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
03 management skills 4 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
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
45 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise patients on vision improvement conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role anaesthetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out orthoptic treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct specialised orthoptic tests skill
  • not needed by the target role contact lens fitting techniques knowledge
  • 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 first aid 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 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 medical informatics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neuro-ophthalmology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neurophysiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ophthalmological examination methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role optics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthoptics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paediatric psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role participate in medical inventory control skill
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform vision rehabilitation skill
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prescribe corrective lenses skill
  • not needed by the target role professional documentation in health care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role promote ocular health 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 psychology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role receive patient referrals with eye conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
  • not needed by the target role select intraocular lenses for surgery skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise orthoptic treatments skill
  • not needed by the target role test visual acuity skill

5 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from orthoptist

Full index of moves from orthoptist

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.