Medical practice manager to department manager
A medical practice manager already meets 26% of what the department manager role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.5/ 100
1 How much of what a department manager is expected to do is already part of a medical practice manager’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 department manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A department manager role treats 3 of its required skills as things a medical practice manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assume responsibility for the management of a business
- create a financial plan
- recruit employees
What stands in the way is 13 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A department manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical practice manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage office facility systems working with computers
- already held assume responsibility for the management of a business management skills
- already held develop company strategies management skills
- already held develop revenue generation strategies management skills
- already held business law business, administration and law
- already held analyse business processes information skills
All 23 carried skills, including the 3 the department manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 57 missing skills fall into 5 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 collaborate in company's daily operations required
- still to learn conclude business agreements required
- still to learn liaise with managers required
- still to learn report on overall management of a business required
- optional, not held prospect new regional contracts optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held establish communication with foreign cultures optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held impart business plans to collaborators optional
- optional, not held interact with the board of directors optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
- optional, not held share good practices across subsidiaries optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- still to learn company policies required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn strategic planning required
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held banking activities optional
- optional, not held business loans optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held financial statements optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held market entry planning optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held subsidiary operations optional
- optional, not held supply chain management optional
- still to learn exercise stewardship required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn strive for company growth required
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held evaluate performance of organisational collaborators optional
- optional, not held integrate strategic foundation in daily performance optional
- optional, not held plan medium to long term objectives optional
- optional, not held shape corporate culture optional
- optional, not held shape organisational teams based on competencies optional
- still to learn abide by business ethical code of conducts required
- still to learn ensure lawful business operations required
- still to learn follow company standards required
- optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
- optional, not held integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
- optional, not held describe the financial situation of a region optional
- optional, not held keep updated on the political landscape optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
- optional, not held track key performance indicators optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a department manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 abide by business ethical code of conducts practise this
- 02 company policies study this
- 03 corporate social responsibility study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 23 skills that carry over
- already held assume responsibility for the management of a business skill
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held accounting knowledge
- already held align efforts towards business development skill
- already held analyse business plans skill
- already held analyse business processes skill
- already held analyse financial risk skill
- already held build business relationships skill
- already held business law knowledge
- already held business management principles knowledge
- already held control financial resources skill
- already held cost management knowledge
- already held develop company strategies skill
- already held develop revenue generation strategies skill
- already held evaluate employees skill
- already held financial forecasting knowledge
- already held financial management knowledge
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held make strategic business decisions skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage office facility systems skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
44 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held create a financial report optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held prospect new regional contracts optional
- optional, not held analyse market financial trends optional
- optional, not held apply business acumen optional
- optional, not held banking activities optional
- optional, not held business loans optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held create a work atmosphere of continuous improvement optional
- optional, not held describe the financial situation of a region optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held establish communication with foreign cultures optional
- optional, not held evaluate performance of organisational collaborators optional
- optional, not held execute marketing plan optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held financial statements optional
- optional, not held follow the statutory obligations optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held impart business plans to collaborators optional
- optional, not held integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations optional
- optional, not held integrate strategic foundation in daily performance optional
- optional, not held interact with the board of directors optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held keep updated on the political landscape optional
- optional, not held liaise with local authorities optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held manage financial risk optional
- optional, not held market entry planning optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held negotiate with stakeholders optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held plan medium to long term objectives optional
- optional, not held prepare financial statements optional
- optional, not held shape corporate culture optional
- optional, not held shape organisational teams based on competencies optional
- optional, not held share good practices across subsidiaries optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
4 further entries not listed here
15 held skills the department manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
- not needed by the target role gather feedback from employees skill
- not needed by the target role health records management knowledge
- not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage a multidisciplinary team involved in patient care skill
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role manage employee complaints 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 manage medical supply chains skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role motivate employees skill
- not needed by the target role patient record storage knowledge
17 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 company policies required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn strategic planning required
- optional, not held business process modelling optional
- optional, not held project management optional
- optional, not held banking activities optional
- optional, not held business loans optional
- optional, not held corporate law optional
- optional, not held financial jurisdiction optional
- optional, not held financial statements optional
- optional, not held human resource management optional
- optional, not held international trade optional
- optional, not held market entry planning optional
- optional, not held marketing management optional
- optional, not held marketing principles optional
- optional, not held subsidiary operations optional
- optional, not held supply chain management optional
Other moves recorded from medical practice manager
Common questions about this move
Can a medical practice manager become a department manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A medical practice manager already covers 26% of what a department manager is expected to do: 23 skills carry over, 3 of which the department manager role treats as required.
What skills does a medical practice manager need to become a department manager?
13 required skills are missing, plus 44 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is abide by business ethical code of conducts.
How hard is the move from medical practice manager to department manager?
Its learning distance is 77.5 out of 100, which is the career change 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.