From emergency ambulance driver to hospital porter
15 of the 39 essential skills of a hospital porter are already essential for a emergency ambulance driver — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 24
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 39
- essential skills of a hospital porter
What a hospital porter does
Hospital porters are professional healthcare assistants who transport people on stretchers around the hospital site, as well as and items.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- emergency cases
- first aid
- human anatomy
- listen actively
- operate an emergency communication system
- operational tactics for emergency responses
- position patients undergoing interventions
- provide first aid
- tolerate stress
- transfer patients
- transfer patients to and from ambulance vehicles
What would be new
24 skillsEssential for a hospital porter and not for a emergency ambulance driver. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- accept own accountability
- adapt to emergency care environment
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply good clinical practices
- assess nature of injury in emergency
- clinical science
- conduct physical examination in emergency
- deal with emergency care situations
- disorders of vital functions
- employ specific paramedic techniques in out-of-hospital care
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- immobilise patients for emergency intervention
- interact with healthcare users
- manage major incidents
- monitor basic patients signs
- observe confidentiality
- operate specialised equipment in emergency
- principles of paramedic practice
- prioritise emergencies
- respond to changing situations in health care
- select hazard control
- transportation methods
- use technical equipment for sterilisation
Other moves from emergency ambulance driver
2 roles- paramedic in emergency responses20 skills in common
- nurse responsible for general care12 skills in common
← emergency ambulance driverhospital porter →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a hospital porter?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.