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Where a medical practice manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical practice manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical practice managers manage the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. They oversee the staff and business side of the practice.

Also known as medical practice director of operations, general practice manager, health centre administrator, medical practice administrator, medical practice supervisor, practice manager, health centre manager, general practice administrator, practice administrator.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: branch manager, 33%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
branch manager 33% covered business manager 32% covered bank manager 32% covered department manager 26% covered venture capitalist 23% covered medical practice manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical practice manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical practice manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical practice manager needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • manage employee complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
  • healthcare administration business, administration and law
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business management skills
  • manage healthcare staff business, administration and law
  • develop company strategies management skills
  • develop revenue generation strategies management skills
  • gather feedback from employees information skills
  • business law business, administration and law
  • analyse business processes information skills
  • align efforts towards business development communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical practice manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Medical practice manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical practice manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.