Podiatry assistant to chiropractic assistant
A podiatry assistant already meets 34% of what the chiropractic assistant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.3/ 100
1 How much of what a chiropractic assistant is expected to do is already part of a podiatry assistant’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 chiropractic assistant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A chiropractic assistant role treats 4 of its required skills as things a podiatry assistant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- collect healthcare user data under supervision
- provide health education
What stands in the way is 11 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 13 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 podiatry assistant background worth leading with.
- already held collect healthcare user data under supervision information skills
- already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services management skills
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
- already held medical terminology health and welfare
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 4 the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 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 answer patients' questions required
- still to learn maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
- optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
- still to learn chiropractic terminology required
- still to learn medical informatics required
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
- still to learn use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- still to learn use electronic health records management system required
- still to learn accept own accountability required
- optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn collect healthcare user's general data required
- optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
- still to learn identify patients' medical records required
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
2 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 chiropractic terminology study this
- 02 accept own accountability practise this
- 03 answer patients' questions 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 13 skills that carry over
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
- already held provide health education skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn customer service required
- still to learn maintain chiropractic equipment required
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care 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 use different communication channels optional
44 held skills the chiropractic assistant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
- not needed by the target role apply foot casts skill
- not needed by the target role apply wound dressings skill
- not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
- not needed by the target role chiropody knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical coding knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct podiatry consultation skill
- not needed by the target role dermatology knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
- not needed by the target role discuss the medical history of the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role foot problems 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 human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role microbiology-bacteriology knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role obtain healthcare user's medical status information skill
- not needed by the target role orthopaedic conditions knowledge
- not needed by the target role orthopaedic treatment alternatives knowledge
- not needed by the target role orthopaedics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform clinical coding procedures skill
- not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role place orders for orthopedic products skill
- not needed by the target role podiatric diseases knowledge
- not needed by the target role podiatric surgery knowledge
- not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
- not needed by the target role promote foot health skill
- not needed by the target role provide footwear advice to patients skill
- not needed by the target role provide medication information skill
- not needed by the target role recommend orthopedic goods to customers depending on their condition skill
- not needed by the target role recommend orthotic devices skill
- not needed by the target role record treated patient's information skill
- not needed by the target role send samples to laboratory skill
- not needed by the target role shape nails skill
- not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
4 further entries not listed here
4 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 chiropractic terminology required
- still to learn customer service required
- still to learn medical informatics required
- optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
Common questions about this move
Can a podiatry assistant become a chiropractic assistant?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A podiatry assistant already covers 34% of what a chiropractic assistant is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 4 of which the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.
What skills does a podiatry assistant need to become a chiropractic assistant?
11 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is chiropractic terminology.
How hard is the move from podiatry assistant to chiropractic assistant?
Its learning distance is 66.3 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.