From orthoptist to physiotherapist
36 of the 90 essential skills of a physiotherapist are already essential for a orthoptist — about 40% 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.
- 36
- skills carry over
- 54
- would be new
- 40%
- of the target job covered
- 90
- essential skills of a physiotherapist
What a physiotherapist does
Physiotherapists are autonomous health professionals who are responsible for developing, maintaining or restoring motor function and movement throughout the lifespan using evidence-based practice. They relieve pain and treat or prevent physical conditions associated with injury, disease or other impairments. Physiotherapists empower patients and their carers to manage the condition outside clinical settings. They work within their scope of practice and their professional Code of Conduct.
What carries over
36 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 context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- communicate in healthcare
- 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
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- neurology
- paediatrics
- pharmacology
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychology
- record healthcare users' progress related to treatment
- 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
54 skillsEssential for a physiotherapist and not for a orthoptist. 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
- adjust physiotherapy interventions
- advocate health
- assess physical conditions of clients
- biomechanics
- collect healthcare user's general data
- conduct health related research
- conduct physiotherapy assessment
- contribute to quality physiotherapy services
- contribute to the rehabilitation process
- correct potentially harmful movements
- create solutions to problems
- develop physiotherapy services
- develop plans related to client discharge
- develop plans related to the transfer of care
- develop strategic plans for physiotherapy services
- develop therapeutic relationships
- emergency surgery
- employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques
- engage in physiotherapy research
- formulate a treatment plan
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- intensive care medicine
- interpret medical results
- kinetics
- maintain physiotherapy equipment
- manage a healthcare unit budget
- manage clinical risk
- manage healthcare staff
- manage physiotherapy staff
- measure effectiveness of the service provided
- obstetrics and gynaecology
- orthopaedic manual physiotherapy
- orthopaedics
- physics
- prescribe healthcare products
- promote health and safety policies in health services
- provide information on the effects of physiotherapy
- provide learning support in healthcare
and 14 more
Other moves from orthoptist
2 roles- speech and language therapist39 skills in common
- dietitian37 skills in common
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How far are you from being a physiotherapist?
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.