Picture archiving and communication systems administrator to phlebotomist
A picture archiving and communication systems administrator already meets 18% of what the phlebotomist role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
82.3/ 100
1 How much of what a phlebotomist is expected to do is already part of a picture archiving and communication systems administrator’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 phlebotomist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A phlebotomist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a picture archiving and communication systems administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- communicate in healthcare
- empathise with the healthcare user
- human anatomy
- interact with healthcare users
- medical informatics
What stands in the way is 20 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A phlebotomist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a picture archiving and communication systems administrator background worth leading with.
- 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
- already held communicate in healthcare communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held human anatomy health and welfare
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the phlebotomist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 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 blood donation required
- still to learn techniques of blood-sampling required
- still to learn human physiology required
- still to learn infection control required
- still to learn sterilization techniques required
- optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
- optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
- optional, not held blood type classification optional
- optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
- optional, not held blood transfusion optional
- still to learn ensure safety of healthcare users required
- still to learn perform venepuncture procedures required
- still to learn respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions required
- still to learn comply with legislation related to health care required
- still to learn manage infection control in the facility required
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
- still to learn collect biological samples from patients required
- still to learn label blood samples required
- still to learn label medical laboratory samples required
- still to learn transport blood samples required
- still to learn monitor basic patients signs required
- still to learn maintain professional records required
- optional, not held conduct cancer screening tests optional
- optional, not held conduct routine blood testing optional
- still to learn use venepuncture procedure equipment required
- still to learn use technical equipment for sterilisation required
- still to learn work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a phlebotomist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 blood donation study this
- 02 collect biological samples from patients practise this
- 03 ensure safety of healthcare users 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
- optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
- optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
- optional, not held blood type classification optional
- optional, not held conduct cancer screening tests optional
- optional, not held conduct routine blood testing optional
- optional, not held explain the molecular basis of a disease to patients optional
- optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
- optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
- optional, not held blood transfusion optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
24 held skills the phlebotomist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
- not needed by the target role administer ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
- not needed by the target role attend to ICT systems quality skill
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop ICT workflow skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role health records management knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ICT system skill
- not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
- not needed by the target role manage radiology information system skill
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role radiological photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role solve ICT system problems skill
- not needed by the target role supplier management knowledge
- not needed by the target role use electronic health records management system skill
11 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 blood donation required
- still to learn techniques of blood-sampling required
- still to learn human physiology required
- still to learn hygiene in a health care setting required
- still to learn infection control required
- still to learn sterilization techniques required
- optional, not held blood product storage conditions optional
- optional, not held blood collection on babies optional
- optional, not held blood type classification optional
- optional, not held paediatric phlebotomy procedures optional
- optional, not held blood transfusion optional
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Common questions about this move
Can a picture archiving and communication systems administrator become a phlebotomist?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A picture archiving and communication systems administrator already covers 18% of what a phlebotomist is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the phlebotomist role treats as required.
What skills does a picture archiving and communication systems administrator need to become a phlebotomist?
20 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by health and welfare. The single most important is blood donation.
How hard is the move from picture archiving and communication systems administrator to phlebotomist?
Its learning distance is 82.3 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.