Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

chiropractic assistanttofront line medical receptionist

A chiropractic assistant already meets 53% of what the front line medical receptionist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chiropractic assistant
53%
Overlap1
To front line medical receptionist
16 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
51.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.7/ 100

1 Share of the front line medical receptionist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chiropractic assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A front line medical receptionist role treats 14 of its required skills as things a chiropractic assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administer appointments
  • administrative tasks in a medical environment
  • answer patients' questions
  • collect healthcare user's general data
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A front line medical receptionist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chiropractic assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
  • already held identify patients' medical records management skills
  • already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data information skills
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring

All 16 carried skills, including the 14 the front line medical receptionist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
02 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • required, not held type on electronic devices required
  • optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
05 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held maintain reception area required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held health care system required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a front line medical receptionist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
  • already held answer patients' questions skill
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held customer service knowledge
  • already held identify patients' medical records skill
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held use electronic health records management system skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
  • optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
16 held skills the front line medical receptionist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role chiropractic terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain chiropractic equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide health education skill
  • not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held health care system required
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.