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

paramedic in emergency responsestopharmacy assistant

A paramedic in emergency responses already meets 55% of what the pharmacy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.

From paramedic in emergency responses
55%
Overlap1
To pharmacy assistant
27 Skills carried over
18 Required, not held
57.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.2/ 100

1 Share of the pharmacy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the paramedic in emergency responses 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 pharmacy assistant role treats 23 of its required skills as things a paramedic in emergency responses 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 18 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pharmacy assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a paramedic in emergency responses background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting services
  • 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 use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers

All 27 carried skills, including the 23 the pharmacy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 7 required
  • required, not held check for medication expiry terms required
  • required, not held check information on prescriptions required
  • required, not held maintain pharmaceutical records required
  • required, not held obtain healthcare user's medical status information required
  • required, not held take pharmaceutical inventory required
  • required, not held ensure quality assurance for pharmaceutical products required
  • required, not held process medical insurance claims required
02 handling and moving 5 required
  • required, not held follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health required
  • required, not held handle the logistics of medicinal products required
  • required, not held maintain adequate medication storage conditions required
  • required, not held prepare prescription labels required
  • required, not held transfer medication required
03 health and welfare 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held medicines for self-medication required
  • required, not held medicines required
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
05 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required
  • required, not held handle petty cash required
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pharmacy 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 27 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 empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • 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 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 apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held operate cash register optional
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
56 held skills the pharmacy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to emergency care environment skill
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role administer medication in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role apply first response skill
  • not needed by the target role assess nature of injury in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role brief hospital staff skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct physical examination in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with blood skill
  • not needed by the target role decontaminate ambulance interior skill
  • not needed by the target role defibrillation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
  • not needed by the target role dietetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disorders of vital functions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergency cases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role emergency medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluation methodologies in paramedic practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role immobilise patients for emergency intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role intravenous infusion knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intubation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain order at scenes of accidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage acute pain skill
  • not needed by the target role manage major incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage patients with acute illnesses skill
  • not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
  • not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical dispatch knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
  • not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
  • not needed by the target role operate an emergency communication system skill
  • not needed by the target role operate specialised equipment in emergency skill
  • not needed by the target role operational tactics for emergency responses knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathogenic microorganisms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physical science applied to paramedical practice knowledge

16 further entries not listed here

6 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 medicines for self-medication required
  • required, not held medicines required
  • optional, not held phytotherapy optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held pharmaceutical chemistry optional
  • optional, not held pharmacokinetics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from paramedic in emergency responses

Full index of moves from paramedic in emergency responses

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.