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

respiratory therapy techniciantoclinical perfusion scientist

A respiratory therapy technician already meets 72% of what the clinical perfusion scientist role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From respiratory therapy technician
72%
Overlap1
To clinical perfusion scientist
28 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
34.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

72%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

34.7/ 100

1 Share of the clinical perfusion scientist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the respiratory therapy technician 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 clinical perfusion scientist role treats 15 of its required skills as things a respiratory therapy technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures
  • clinical perfusion
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 4 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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A clinical perfusion scientist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a respiratory therapy technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held clinical perfusion health and welfare
  • already held operate breathing equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held operate heart-lung machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held clinical imaging techniques health and welfare
  • already held rehabilitation of all organ systems health and welfare
  • already held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures assisting and caring

All 28 carried skills, including the 15 the clinical perfusion scientist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conceptualise healthcare user’s needs required
  • required, not held conduct routine blood testing required
  • required, not held perform transcranial magnetic stimulation required
  • optional, not held perform bronchoscopy optional
02 health and welfare 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held resuscitation required
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
04 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
  • optional, not held perform VATS optional
05 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a clinical perfusion 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 28 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • already held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
  • already held clinical perfusion knowledge
  • 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 ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held health care legislation knowledge
  • already held human anatomy knowledge
  • already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held operate breathing equipment skill
  • already held operate heart-lung machines skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held clinical imaging techniques knowledge
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held emergency surgery knowledge
  • already held first aid knowledge
  • already held interpret medical images skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held promote health and safety skill
  • already held provide pre-treatment information skill
  • already held rehabilitation of all organ systems knowledge
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held surgery knowledge
  • already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent optional
  • optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
  • optional, not held conduct radiotherapy computer planning optional
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held explain types of coagulation disorders optional
  • optional, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases optional
  • optional, not held perform VATS optional
  • optional, not held perform bronchoscopy optional
  • optional, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
3 held skills the clinical perfusion scientist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
  • not needed by the target role respiratory medicine knowledge
  • not needed by the target role respiratory therapy knowledge
3 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 resuscitation required
  • optional, not held electroencephalography optional
  • optional, not held transplantation optional
Index
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.