I would say it's easier to make the transition from hospital to community than the other way about. It depends on the area you're in but around here (north west) some of the hospitals are quite reluctant to employ community trained technicians, especially if you don't have the BTEC qualification.
Having said all that I have worked with a couple of hospital trained technicians in community and they were hopeless. Errors galore and slow with it! Maybe they were just not cut out for the job though.
