Covid tester to picture archiving and communication systems administrator
A covid tester already meets 33% of what the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
66/ 100
1 How much of what a picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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 picture archiving and communication systems administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a covid tester already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate in healthcare
- empathise with the healthcare user
- health records management
- interact with healthcare users
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
What stands in the way is 9 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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 medical informatics health and welfare
- already held medical terminology health and welfare
- already held interact with healthcare users communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring
All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 8 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 administer ICT system required
- still to learn attend to ICT systems quality required
- still to learn maintain ICT system required
- optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
- still to learn data protection required
- still to learn computer science required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
- still to learn manage radiology information system required
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- still to learn project management required
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
- optional, not held perform clerical duties optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a picture archiving and communication systems administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer ICT system practise this
- 02 archive healthcare users' records practise this
- 03 attend to ICT systems quality 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held use electronic health records management system skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held perform clerical duties optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
21 held skills the picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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 comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles 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 follow clinical guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- 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 interview people skill
- not needed by the target role label samples skill
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality 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
9 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 data protection required
- still to learn project management required
- still to learn computer science required
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
Common questions about this move
Can a covid tester become a picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A covid tester already covers 33% of what a picture archiving and communication systems administrator is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats as required.
What skills does a covid tester need to become a picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
9 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is administer ICT system.
How hard is the move from covid tester to picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
Its learning distance is 66 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.