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

paramedic in emergency responsestospecialist pharmacist

A paramedic in emergency responses already meets 52% of what the specialist pharmacist role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From paramedic in emergency responses
52%
Overlap1
To specialist pharmacist
30 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
62.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

62.2/ 100

1 Share of the specialist pharmacist 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 pharmacist role treats 27 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
  • communicate in healthcare

What stands in the way is 23 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist pharmacist 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 medical devices health and welfare
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held pharmacology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research 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

All 30 carried skills, including the 27 the specialist pharmacist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 8 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 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 7 required
  • required, not held botany required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held inorganic chemistry required
  • required, not held organic chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
  • required, not held physics required
  • required, not held toxicology required
02 health and welfare 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cancer risks required
  • required, not held pharmacognosy required
  • required, not held pharmacotherapy required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
  • required, not held pharmacokinetics required
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required
  • required, not held advise on poisoning incidents required
  • required, not held provide pharmaceutical advice required
  • required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical advice required
  • required, not held provide medication information required
04 assisting and caring 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply person-centred care required
  • required, not held provide anti-cancer medical treatment required
  • required, not held provide specialist pharmaceutical care required
  • optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional
  • optional, not held prescribe medication optional
05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held review patient's medical data required
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist pharmacist 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 30 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 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 human anatomy 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 pharmacology knowledge
  • 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 medical devices knowledge
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held pharmacy law required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held improve safety of medicines optional
  • optional, not held manage adverse reactions to drugs optional
  • optional, not held perform diagnostic testing for allergies optional
  • optional, not held prescribe medication optional
  • optional, not held conduct health related research optional
  • optional, not held homeopathy optional
  • optional, not held maintain medical devices optional
53 held skills the specialist pharmacist 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 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 hygiene in a health care setting 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 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 physical science applied to paramedical practice knowledge
  • not needed by the target role position patients undergoing interventions skill

13 further entries not listed here

15 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 botany required
  • required, not held cancer risks required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held pharmacognosy required
  • required, not held pharmacotherapy required
  • required, not held inorganic chemistry required
  • required, not held organic chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical chemistry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical industry required
  • required, not held pharmaceutical technology required
  • required, not held pharmacokinetics required
  • required, not held pharmacy law required
  • required, not held physics required
  • required, not held toxicology required
  • optional, not held homeopathy 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.