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

front line medical receptionisttochiropractic assistant

A front line medical receptionist already meets 52% of what the chiropractic assistant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From front line medical receptionist
52%
Overlap1
To chiropractic assistant
16 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
51 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

52%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51/ 100

1 Share of the chiropractic assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the front line medical receptionist 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 chiropractic assistant role treats 8 of its required skills as things a front line medical receptionist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administrative tasks in a medical environment
  • answer patients' questions
  • collect healthcare user's general data
  • customer service
  • identify patients' medical records
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality

What stands in the way is 7 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 chiropractic assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a front line medical receptionist 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 8 the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held provide health education required
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
02 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
03 health and welfare 1 required
  • required, not held chiropractic terminology required
04 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain chiropractic equipment required
06 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chiropractic assistant 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 administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
  • already held answer patients' questions skill
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data 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 use electronic health records management system skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
17 held skills the chiropractic assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role apply numeracy skills skill
  • not needed by the target role assist patients with special needs skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care 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 health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health records management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain reception area skill
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage healthcare users' data skill
  • not needed by the target role medical studies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
  • not needed by the target role screen clients skill
  • not needed by the target role type on electronic devices skill
1 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 chiropractic terminology required
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.