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

paramedic in emergency responsestospecialist biomedical scientist

A paramedic in emergency responses already meets 46% of what the specialist biomedical scientist role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From paramedic in emergency responses
46%
Overlap1
To specialist biomedical scientist
23 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
67.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

46%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.1/ 100

1 Share of the specialist biomedical scientist 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 specialist biomedical scientist 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 context specific clinical competences
  • apply organisational techniques
  • comply with legislation related to health care

What stands in the way is 21 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist biomedical scientist 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 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 develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers
  • already held manage healthcare users' data information skills

All 23 carried skills, including the 23 the specialist biomedical scientist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 9 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 8 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held diagnose disorders of the urogenital system required
  • required, not held perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis required
  • required, not held perform pathology consultations required
  • required, not held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required
  • required, not held validate biomedical analysis results required
  • required, not held conduct health related research required
  • required, not held keep up to date with diagnostic innovations required
  • required, not held report the results of treatment required
  • optional, not held examine samples in dermatology optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
02 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held follow code of ethics for biomedical practices required
  • required, not held apply safety procedures in laboratory required
  • required, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery required
  • required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
03 health and welfare 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held dermapathology required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia optional
04 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held make clinical decisions required
  • required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held provide test results to medical staff required
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held record data from biomedical tests required
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist biomedical scientist 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 23 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 context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care 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 hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • 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 train employees 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
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held multidisciplinary research required
08 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held monitor biomedical equipment stock required
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held examine samples in dermatology optional
  • optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held interpret electromyograms optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia optional
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held perform virological test optional
  • optional, not held research new treatments for blood related disorders optional
  • optional, not held have computer literacy optional
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
60 held skills the specialist biomedical scientist 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 communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
  • 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 inform policy makers on health-related challenges 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

20 further entries not listed here

10 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 biosafety in biomedical laboratory required
  • required, not held dermapathology required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • required, not held multidisciplinary research required
  • optional, not held clinical immunopathology optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held hepatology optional
  • optional, not held intracranial hypertension optional
  • optional, not held medical parasitology optional
  • optional, not held neoplasia 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.