From maternity support worker to healthcare assistant
18 of the 32 essential skills of a healthcare assistant are already essential for a maternity support worker — about 56% 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.
- 18
- skills carry over
- 14
- would be new
- 56%
- of the target job covered
- 32
- essential skills of a healthcare assistant
What a healthcare assistant does
Healthcare assistants work in teams of nurses within the occupational fields of nursing, social care, clinical care and care of people of all age-groups. Healthcare assistants assist in the promotion and restoration of patients' health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends and families.
What carries over
18 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- communicate with nursing staff
- 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
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- identify abnormalities
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- monitor basic patients signs
- provide basic support to patients
- support nurses
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- work under supervision in care
- work with nursing staff
What would be new
14 skillsEssential for a healthcare assistant and not for a maternity support worker. 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
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply organisational techniques
- convey medical routine information
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- educate on the prevention of illness
- have computer literacy
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- manage healthcare users' data
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
Other moves from maternity support worker
2 roles- midwife23 skills in common
- nurse assistant16 skills in common
← maternity support workerhealthcare assistant →The other way round
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How far are you from being a healthcare assistant?
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.