From healthcare assistant to physiotherapy assistant
23 of the 41 essential skills of a physiotherapy assistant are already essential for a healthcare assistant — about 56% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from healthcare assistant in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 23
- skills carry over
- 18
- would be new
- 56%
- of the target job covered
- 41
- essential skills of a physiotherapy assistant
What a physiotherapy assistant does
Physiotherapy assistants work under supervision, within defined contexts using agreed treatment protocols and procedures such as collecting client data and maintaining the equipment required in physiotherapy interventions. The overall responsibility is retained by the delegating professional.
What carries over
23 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a physiotherapy assistant and not for a healthcare assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adhere to health well-being and safety
- advocate health
- assist physiotherapists
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- communicate in healthcare
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop therapeutic relationships
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide learning support in healthcare
- provide stroke rehabilitation services
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- support discharge from physiotherapy
- use different communication channels
Other moves from healthcare assistant
2 roles- nurse responsible for general care23 skills in common
- health psychologist23 skills in common
← healthcare assistantphysiotherapy assistant →The other way round
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How far are you from being a physiotherapy assistant?
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