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

physiotherapisttopharmacy technician

A physiotherapist already meets 54% of what the pharmacy technician role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From physiotherapist
54%
Overlap1
To pharmacy technician
27 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
58.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

54%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.4/ 100

1 Share of the pharmacy technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the physiotherapist 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 technician role treats 21 of its required skills as things a physiotherapist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • apply organisational techniques
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 17 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 technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a physiotherapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held refer healthcare users assisting and caring
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies working with computers

All 27 carried skills, including the 21 the pharmacy technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 25 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 report medication interaction to pharmacist 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held advise on poisoning incidents optional
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held provide medication information optional
04 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held operate cash register required
  • required, not held ensure the appropriate supply in pharmacy required
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
05 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held medicines for self-medication required
06 assisting and caring 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held prepare intravenous packs optional
  • optional, not held prepare doses of medication according to patient needs optional
  • optional, not held prepare medication from prescription optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pharmacy technician 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 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 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 refer healthcare users 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 advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held prepare intravenous packs optional
  • optional, not held advise on poisoning incidents optional
  • optional, not held prepare doses of medication according to patient needs optional
  • optional, not held provide pharmaceutical advice optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held prepare medication from prescription optional
  • optional, not held provide medication information optional
71 held skills the pharmacy technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to health well-being and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust physiotherapy interventions skill
  • not needed by the target role advocate health skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse personal fitness information skill
  • not needed by the target role apply acupuncture skill
  • not needed by the target role apply massage therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
  • not needed by the target role biomechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct physiotherapy assessment skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
  • not needed by the target role correct potentially harmful movements skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role develop physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop plans related to client discharge skill
  • not needed by the target role develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role emergency surgery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role engage in physiotherapy research skill
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role formulate a treatment plan skill
  • not needed by the target role general medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics 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 hydrotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intensive care medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret medical results skill
  • not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain physiotherapy equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a healthcare unit budget skill
  • not needed by the target role manage clinical risk skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage physiotherapy staff skill
  • not needed by the target role measure effectiveness of the service provided skill
  • not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge

31 further entries not listed here

1 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
Index

Other moves recorded from physiotherapist

Full index of moves from physiotherapist

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.