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

physiotherapisttospecialist chiropractor

A physiotherapist already meets 82% of what the specialist chiropractor role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From physiotherapist
82%
Overlap1
To specialist chiropractor
63 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
39.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 39.7

This move: 39.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the specialist chiropractor 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A specialist chiropractor 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 measure effectiveness of the service provided information skills
  • already held obstetrics and gynaecology health and welfare
  • already held prescribe healthcare products assisting and caring
  • already held advocate health communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held develop plans related to client discharge management skills
  • already held provide learning support in healthcare management skills

All 63 carried skills, including the 59 the specialist chiropractor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 assisting and caring 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport required
  • required, not held provide chiropractic maternal healthcare required
  • required, not held provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare required
  • required, not held provide clinical chiropractic neurology required
  • required, not held triage clients required
  • optional, not held develop chiropractic services optional
02 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct chiropractic examination required
  • required, not held provide chiropractic diagnosis required
  • optional, not held engage in chiropractic research optional
  • optional, not held manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke optional
03 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage chiropractic staff required
  • required, not held supervise chiropractic students required
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes required
05 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held neuroanatomy required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held microbiology-bacteriology required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a specialist chiropractor 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 63 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adhere to health well-being and safety skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held advocate health skill
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held biomechanics knowledge
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data 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 conduct health related research skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held develop plans related to client discharge skill
  • already held develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
  • already held develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held formulate a treatment plan skill
  • already held general medicine knowledge
  • already held geriatrics knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held human physiology knowledge
  • already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • already held interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held interpret medical results skill
  • already held manage clinical risk skill
  • already held manage healthcare staff knowledge
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held measure effectiveness of the service provided skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held neurology knowledge
  • already held obstetrics and gynaecology knowledge
  • already held orthopaedics knowledge
  • already held paediatrics knowledge
  • already held pharmacology knowledge
  • already held prescribe healthcare products skill
  • already held promote health and safety policies in health services skill
  • already held promote inclusion skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held provide learning support in healthcare skill
  • already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
  • already held psychology knowledge
  • already held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
  • already held refer healthcare users skill
  • already held rehabilitation knowledge
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held use different communication channels 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 contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • already held therapeutic massage knowledge
  • already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held develop chiropractic services optional
  • optional, not held engage in chiropractic research optional
  • optional, not held manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke optional
  • optional, not held manage personal professional development optional
35 held skills the specialist chiropractor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust physiotherapy interventions 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 conduct physiotherapy assessment skill
  • not needed by the target role correct potentially harmful movements skill
  • not needed by the target role develop physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role emergency surgery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engage in physiotherapy research skill
  • not needed by the target role hydrotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intensive care medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • 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 physiotherapy staff skill
  • not needed by the target role medical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic manual physiotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on the effects of physiotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role provide physiotherapy diagnosis skill
  • not needed by the target role provide self management support skill
  • not needed by the target role provide stroke rehabilitation services skill
  • not needed by the target role psychiatry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respiratory therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role sport and exercise medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise physiotherapist assistants skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise physiotherapy students skill
  • not needed by the target role surgery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role triage clients for physiotherapy skill
2 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 microbiology-bacteriology required
  • required, not held neuroanatomy 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.