Podiatry assistant to doctors' surgery assistant

• already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
• already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
• already held communicate in healthcare skill
• already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
• already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
• already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
• already held follow clinical guidelines skill
• already held health care system knowledge
• already held health records management knowledge
• already held medical terminology knowledge
• already held process medical insurance claims skill
• already held provide health education skill
• already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
• already held surgical asepsis knowledge
• already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
• already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
• already held administer appointments skill
• already held analyse X-ray imagery skill
• already held use foreign languages in patient care skill

• optional, not held spine surgery optional
• optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
• optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
• optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
• optional, not held clinical reports optional
• optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
• optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
• optional, not held customer service optional
• optional, not held e-procurement optional
• optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
• optional, not held radiological procedures optional
• optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional
• optional, not held take blood samples optional
• optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
• optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
• optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
• optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional

• 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 collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
• not needed by the target role conduct podiatry consultation skill
• not needed by the target role contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
• not needed by the target role dermatology knowledge
• not needed by the target role discuss the medical history of the healthcare user skill
• not needed by the target role foot problems 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 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
• not needed by the target role treat nails skill
• not needed by the target role treat patients' nails skill
• not needed by the target role types of orthopedic supplies knowledge

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

• still to learn anaesthetics required
• still to learn multi-professional cooperation in health care required
• still to learn professional documentation in health care required
• still to learn techniques of blood-sampling required
• still to learn health care legislation required
• still to learn medical informatics required
• optional, not held spine surgery optional
• optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
• optional, not held clinical reports optional
• optional, not held customer service optional
• optional, not held e-procurement optional
• optional, not held radiological procedures optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. A podiatry assistant already covers 32% of what a doctors' surgery assistant is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 16 of which the doctors' surgery assistant role treats as required.

30 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is perform reconstructive plastic surgery.

Its learning distance is 78.1 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.