Specialist nurse to nurse responsible for general care
A specialist nurse already meets 60% of what the nurse responsible for general care role asks for. The move turns on 38 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.4/ 100
1 How much of what a nurse responsible for general care is expected to do is already part of a specialist nurse’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the nurse responsible for general care role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A nurse responsible for general care role treats 54 of its required skills as things a specialist nurse already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- adapt leadership styles in healthcare
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on healthy lifestyles
What stands in the way is 38 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 66 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nurse responsible for general care role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialist nurse background worth leading with.
- already held adapt leadership styles in healthcare management skills
- already held initiate life preserving measures assisting and caring
- already held patient safety theories health and welfare
- already held simulation-based clinical education education
- already held use clinical reasoning communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held analyse quality of nurse care information skills
All 66 carried skills, including the 54 the nurse responsible for general care role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 40 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn citizen involvement in healthcare required
- still to learn evidence-based nursing care required
- still to learn leadership in nursing required
- still to learn patient autonomy required
- still to learn acute care required
- still to learn dietetics required
- still to learn disability care required
- still to learn palliative care required
- still to learn person centred care required
- still to learn surgery required
- still to learn adolescence medicine required
- still to learn first aid required
- still to learn general medicine required
- still to learn geriatrics required
- still to learn human anatomy required
- still to learn human physiology required
- still to learn infection control required
- still to learn innovation in nursing required
- still to learn newborn care required
- still to learn nursing principles required
- still to learn nursing science required
- still to learn paediatrics required
- still to learn pathology required
- still to learn primary care required
- still to learn psychiatry required
- still to learn public health required
- still to learn resuscitation required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- still to learn biological chemistry required
- still to learn pharmacology required
- still to learn safe management of medicines required
- still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required
- still to learn psychology required
- still to learn sociology required
- still to learn provide stroke rehabilitation services required
- optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nurse responsible for general care role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 citizen involvement in healthcare study this
- 02 evidence-based nursing care study this
- 03 leadership in nursing study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 66 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adapt leadership styles in healthcare skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- already held analyse quality of nurse care skill
- already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
- already held apply nursing care in long-term care skill
- already held apply person-centred care skill
- already held apply sustainability principles in health care 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 coordinate care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held delegate emergency care skill
- already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- already held diagnose nursing care skill
- already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held empower individuals, families and groups skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held evaluate nursing care skill
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held have computer literacy skill
- already held impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- already held implement fundamentals of nursing skill
- already held implement nursing care skill
- already held implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
- already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- already held initiate life preserving measures skill
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held manage information in health care skill
- already held manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held participate in health personnel training skill
- already held plan nursing care skill
- already held promote a positive image of nursing skill
- already held promote human rights skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held provide nursing advice on healthcare skill
- already held provide professional care in nursing skill
- already held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held solve problems in healthcare skill
- already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
- already held use electronic health records in nursing skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
- already held assist in kidney transplant skill
- already held carry out nurse-led discharge skill
- already held patient safety theories knowledge
- already held perform venous cannulation skill
- already held prescribe medication skill
- already held provide nursing care in community settings skill
- already held provide palliative care skill
- already held simulation-based clinical education knowledge
- already held use clinical reasoning 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
- still to learn apply organisational techniques required
- optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
- still to learn health care legislation required
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
- optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
26 held skills the nurse responsible for general care role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
- not needed by the target role administer immunotherapy skill
- not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
- not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
- not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
- not needed by the target role coach individuals in specialised nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role communicate in specialised nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role conduct patch testing skill
- not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
- not needed by the target role conduct preoperative investigations skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role evaluation in specialised nursing care skill
- not needed by the target role follow-up patients with heart attack skill
- not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
- not needed by the target role manage communicable disease skill
- not needed by the target role manage hospital-acquired infections skill
- not needed by the target role manage trauma through surgical means skill
- not needed by the target role perform bronchoscopy skill
- not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
- not needed by the target role perform endoscopy skill
- not needed by the target role perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures skill
- not needed by the target role promote health in specialised care skill
- not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
- not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role specialist nursing care knowledge
- not needed by the target role treat endocrine disorders skill
36 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn citizen involvement in healthcare required
- still to learn evidence-based nursing care required
- still to learn leadership in nursing required
- still to learn patient autonomy required
- still to learn acute care required
- still to learn biological chemistry required
- still to learn dietetics required
- still to learn disability care required
- still to learn palliative care required
- still to learn person centred care required
- still to learn safe management of medicines required
- still to learn surgery required
- still to learn adolescence medicine required
- still to learn first aid required
- still to learn general medicine required
- still to learn geriatrics required
- still to learn health care legislation required
- still to learn human anatomy required
- still to learn human physiology required
- still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required
- still to learn infection control required
- still to learn innovation in nursing required
- still to learn newborn care required
- still to learn nursing principles required
- still to learn nursing science required
- still to learn paediatrics required
- still to learn pathology required
- still to learn pedagogy required
- still to learn pharmacology required
- still to learn primary care required
- still to learn psychiatry required
- still to learn psychology required
- still to learn public health required
- still to learn resuscitation required
- still to learn scientific research methodology required
- still to learn sociology required
Other moves recorded from specialist nurse
- advanced nurse practitioner 71% covered · moderate
- healthcare assistant 62% covered · moderate
- nurse assistant 56% covered · substantial
- dental hygienist 56% covered · substantial
- physiotherapy assistant 54% covered · substantial
- specialist pharmacist 52% covered · substantial
- dental chairside assistant 51% covered · substantial
- dental technician 50% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a specialist nurse become a nurse responsible for general care?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A specialist nurse already covers 60% of what a nurse responsible for general care is expected to do: 66 skills carry over, 54 of which the nurse responsible for general care role treats as required.
What skills does a specialist nurse need to become a nurse responsible for general care?
38 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is citizen involvement in healthcare.
How hard is the move from specialist nurse to nurse responsible for general care?
Its learning distance is 61.4 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.