RecordMove

Specialist pharmacist to physiotherapy assistant

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

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From specialist pharmacist

Partial match

To physiotherapy assistant

24 You already bring

17 Still to learn

41 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a physiotherapy assistant is expected to do is already part of a specialist pharmacist’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 physiotherapy assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A physiotherapy assistant role treats 24 of its required skills as things a specialist pharmacist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

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 specialist pharmacist 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 may need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required

still to learn assist physiotherapists required
still to learn support discharge from physiotherapy required
still to learn advocate health required
still to learn develop therapeutic relationships required
still to learn promote health and safety policies in health services required
still to learn use different communication channels required

02 assisting and caring 4 required

still to learn adhere to health well-being and safety required
still to learn provide information on the effects of physiotherapy required
still to learn provide stroke rehabilitation services required
still to learn contribute to the rehabilitation process required

03 management skills 4 required

still to learn contribute to quality physiotherapy services required
still to learn develop plans related to client discharge required
still to learn develop plans related to the transfer of care required
still to learn provide learning support in healthcare required

04 information skills 2 required

still to learn collect healthcare user data under supervision required
still to learn record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required

05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

still to learn 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 pick up Tier

36 held skills the physiotherapy assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on poisoning incidents skill
not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
not needed by the target role botany knowledge
not needed by the target role cancer risks knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
not needed by the target role homeopathy knowledge
not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
not needed by the target role improve safety of medicines skill
not needed by the target role inorganic chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
not needed by the target role organic chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical chemistry knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical industry knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmaceutical technology knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacognosy knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacokinetics knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacotherapy knowledge
not needed by the target role pharmacy law knowledge
not needed by the target role physics knowledge
not needed by the target role prescribe medication skill
not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
not needed by the target role provide medication information skill
not needed by the target role provide pharmaceutical advice skill
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical advice skill
not needed by the target role provide specialist pharmaceutical care skill
not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
not needed by the target role review patient's medical data skill
not needed by the target role toxicology knowledge
not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill

Index

Other moves recorded from specialist pharmacist

Full index of moves from specialist pharmacist

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a specialist pharmacist become a physiotherapy assistant?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A specialist pharmacist already covers 59% of what a physiotherapy assistant is expected to do: 24 skills carry over, 24 of which the physiotherapy assistant role treats as required.

What skills does a specialist pharmacist need to become a physiotherapy assistant?

17 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist physiotherapists.

How hard is the move from specialist pharmacist to physiotherapy assistant?

Its learning distance is 55.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.