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

picture archiving and communication systems administratortophlebotomist

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.

From picture archiving and communication systems administrator
18%
Overlap1
To phlebotomist
6 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
82.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

82.3/ 100

1 Share of the phlebotomist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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 phlebotomist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a picture archiving and communication systems administrator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 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 health and welfare 5 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held blood donation required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held 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
02 assisting and caring 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure safety of healthcare users required
  • required, not held perform venepuncture procedures required
  • required, not held respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions required
  • required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
  • required, not held manage infection control in the facility required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held perform reconstructive microsurgery optional
03 handling and moving 4 required
  • required, not held collect biological samples from patients required
  • required, not held label blood samples required
  • required, not held label medical laboratory samples required
  • required, not held transport blood samples required
04 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
  • required, not held maintain professional records required
  • optional, not held conduct cancer screening tests optional
  • optional, not held conduct routine blood testing optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment required
  • required, not held use technical equipment for sterilisation required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held 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

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held blood donation required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held human physiology required
  • required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
  • required, not held infection control required
  • required, not held 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
Index

Other moves recorded from picture archiving and communication systems administrator

Full index of moves from picture archiving and communication systems administrator

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.