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

specialist chiropractortophysiotherapist

A specialist chiropractor already meets 66% of what the physiotherapist role asks for. The move turns on 29 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist chiropractor
66%
Overlap1
To physiotherapist
63 Skills carried over
29 Required, not held
56.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

66%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

56.2/ 100

1 Share of the physiotherapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialist chiropractor 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 physiotherapist role treats 61 of its required skills as things a specialist chiropractor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adhere to health well-being and safety
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • advocate health
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • apply organisational techniques

What stands in the way is 29 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 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A physiotherapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialist chiropractor 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 61 the physiotherapist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 missing skills fall into 8 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 health and welfare 8 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held orthopaedic manual physiotherapy required
  • required, not held emergency surgery required
  • required, not held intensive care medicine required
  • required, not held respiratory therapy required
  • required, not held surgery required
  • required, not held kinetics required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • required, not held psychiatry required
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
  • optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
02 assisting and caring 7 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust physiotherapy interventions required
  • required, not held correct potentially harmful movements required
  • required, not held provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
  • required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
  • required, not held triage clients for physiotherapy required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held provide self management support required
  • optional, not held apply acupuncture optional
  • optional, not held prescribe medication optional
  • optional, not held apply massage therapy optional
03 management skills 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop physiotherapy services required
  • required, not held develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services required
  • required, not held manage physiotherapy staff required
  • required, not held supervise physiotherapist assistants required
  • required, not held manage a healthcare unit budget required
  • required, not held supervise physiotherapy students required
  • optional, not held analyse personal fitness information optional
04 information skills 4 required
  • required, not held conduct physiotherapy assessment required
  • required, not held engage in physiotherapy research required
  • required, not held provide physiotherapy diagnosis required
  • required, not held assess physical conditions of clients required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required
  • required, not held listen actively required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • required, not held physics required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a physiotherapist 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 quality physiotherapy services 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 therapeutic massage knowledge
  • 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 use foreign languages for health-related research skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held sociology required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain physiotherapy equipment required
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse personal fitness information optional
  • optional, not held apply acupuncture optional
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
  • optional, not held prescribe medication optional
  • optional, not held apply massage therapy optional
  • optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
16 held skills the physiotherapist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply clinical chiropractic competencies in sport skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct chiropractic examination skill
  • not needed by the target role develop chiropractic services skill
  • not needed by the target role engage in chiropractic research skill
  • not needed by the target role manage chiropractic staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the neuropsychiatric sequelae of stroke skill
  • not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role neuroanatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide chiropractic diagnosis skill
  • not needed by the target role provide chiropractic maternal healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role provide chiropractic paediatric healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role provide clinical chiropractic neurology skill
  • not needed by the target role provide information on chiropractic treatment outcomes skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise chiropractic students skill
  • not needed by the target role triage clients skill
12 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 orthopaedic manual physiotherapy required
  • required, not held emergency surgery required
  • required, not held intensive care medicine required
  • required, not held respiratory therapy required
  • required, not held surgery required
  • required, not held kinetics required
  • required, not held medical terminology required
  • required, not held physics required
  • required, not held psychiatry required
  • required, not held sociology required
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
  • optional, not held sport and exercise medicine optional
Index

Other moves recorded from specialist chiropractor

Full index of moves from specialist chiropractor

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.