Covid tester to front line medical receptionist
A covid tester already meets 32% of what the front line medical receptionist role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
70.3/ 100
1 How much of what a front line medical receptionist is expected to do is already part of a covid tester’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the front line medical receptionist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A front line medical receptionist role treats 9 of its required skills as things a covid tester already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health records management
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 9 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 covid tester background worth leading with.
- already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
- already held health records management business, administration and law
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
- already held medical informatics health and welfare
- already held medical terminology health and welfare
- already held health care legislation business, administration and law
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the front line medical receptionist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn collect healthcare user's general data required
- still to learn apply numeracy skills required
- still to learn manage healthcare users' data required
- still to learn type on electronic devices required
- optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
- still to learn answer patients' questions required
- still to learn contribute to continuity of health care required
- still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
- optional, not held screen clients optional
- still to learn work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- still to learn communicate by telephone required
- still to learn work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- still to learn maintain reception area required
- still to learn identify patients' medical records required
- still to learn administer appointments required
- still to learn administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- still to learn customer service required
- optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
- still to learn health care system required
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 maintain reception area practise this
- 02 administrative tasks in a medical environment study this
- 03 answer patients' questions practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held health records management knowledge
- 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care 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
19 held skills the front line medical receptionist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
- not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
- not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases skill
- not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement data quality processes skill
- not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role nursing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform PCR covid test skill
- not needed by the target role preserve samples skill
- not needed by the target role prevent communicable diseases' outbreaks skill
- not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- still to learn customer service required
- still to learn health care system required
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
- optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
Common questions about this move
Can a covid tester become a front line medical receptionist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A covid tester already covers 32% of what a front line medical receptionist is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 9 of which the front line medical receptionist role treats as required.
What skills does a covid tester need to become a front line medical receptionist?
16 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is maintain reception area.
How hard is the move from covid tester to front line medical receptionist?
Its learning distance is 70.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.