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

psychotherapisttophysiotherapy assistant

A psychotherapist already meets 59% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From psychotherapist
59%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
24 Skills carried over
17 Required, not held
55.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.3/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the psychotherapist 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 physiotherapy assistant role treats 24 of its required skills as things a psychotherapist 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 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 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physiotherapy assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a psychotherapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 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 24 carried skills, including the 24 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required
  • required, not held assist physiotherapists required
  • required, not held support discharge from physiotherapy required
  • required, not held advocate health required
  • required, not held develop therapeutic relationships required
  • required, not held promote health and safety policies in health services required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
02 assisting and caring 4 required
  • required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
  • required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
  • required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
  • required, not held contribute to the rehabilitation process required
03 management skills 4 required
  • required, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
  • required, not held develop plans related to client discharge required
  • required, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care required
  • required, not held provide learning support in healthcare required
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physiotherapy 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 24 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 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 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
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
79 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
  • not needed by the target role apply caseload management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply hypno-psychotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role apply psychoanalysis skill
  • not needed by the target role apply systemic design thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role apply systemic therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role body language knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical social work knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate to discuss treatment plans in psychotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role conceptualise healthcare user’s needs skill
  • not needed by the target role conclude the psychotherapeutic relationship skill
  • not needed by the target role conditions for the professional practice of psychotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct psychotherapy risk assessments skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel clients skill
  • not needed by the target role decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role diagnose psychiatric symptoms skill
  • not needed by the target role discuss the end point of therapeutic intervention skill
  • not needed by the target role disorders affecting self-awareness knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate practice in psychotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle patient trauma skill
  • not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness skill
  • not needed by the target role historic development of psychotherapeutic schools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify mental health issues skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with current trends in psychotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal development in psychotherapy skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role manage psychotherapeutic relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor therapeutic progress skill
  • not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge

39 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from psychotherapist

Full index of moves from psychotherapist

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.