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

specialist biomedical scientisttophysiotherapy assistant

A specialist biomedical scientist already meets 49% of what the physiotherapy assistant role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist biomedical scientist
49%
Overlap1
To physiotherapy assistant
20 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
63.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

49%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.4/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapy assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialist biomedical scientist 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 20 of its required skills as things a specialist biomedical scientist 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
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to continuity of health care

What stands in the way is 21 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 20 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 specialist biomedical scientist 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 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
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills

All 20 carried skills, including the 20 the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 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 8 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 communicate in healthcare required
  • required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
  • required, not held use different communication channels required
02 assisting and caring 6 required
  • required, not held adhere to health well-being and safety required
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice 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
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines 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 20 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 comply with legislation related to health care 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 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
40 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
  • not needed by the target role apply safety procedures in laboratory skill
  • not needed by the target role biosafety in biomedical laboratory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clinical immunopathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
  • not needed by the target role dermapathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role diagnose disorders of the urogenital system skill
  • not needed by the target role electroencephalography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role examine samples in dermatology skill
  • not needed by the target role explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients skill
  • not needed by the target role explain types of coagulation disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role follow code of ethics for biomedical practices skill
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role hepatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret electromyograms skill
  • not needed by the target role intracranial hypertension knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date with diagnostic innovations skill
  • not needed by the target role make clinical decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage infection control in the facility skill
  • not needed by the target role medical informatics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role medical parasitology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor biomedical equipment stock skill
  • not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neoplasia knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform cerebrospinal fluid analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
  • not needed by the target role perform pathology consultations skill
  • not needed by the target role perform reconstructive microsurgery skill
  • not needed by the target role perform transcranial magnetic stimulation skill
  • not needed by the target role perform virological test skill
  • not needed by the target role provide test results to medical staff skill
  • not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
  • not needed by the target role record data from biomedical tests skill
  • not needed by the target role report the results of treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role research new treatments for blood related disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise nursing staff skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role validate biomedical analysis results skill
Index

Other moves recorded from specialist biomedical scientist

Full index of moves from specialist biomedical scientist

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.