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

prosthetist-orthotisttofront line medical receptionist

A prosthetist-orthotist already meets 37% of what the front line medical receptionist role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From prosthetist-orthotist
37%
Overlap1
To front line medical receptionist
11 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
65.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

37%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.8/ 100

1 Share of the front line medical receptionist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the prosthetist-orthotist 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 front line medical receptionist role treats 10 of its required skills as things a prosthetist-orthotist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • answer patients' questions
  • collect healthcare user's general data
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with legislation related to health care
  • contribute to continuity of health care

What stands in the way is 15 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A front line medical receptionist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a prosthetist-orthotist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held identify patients' medical records management skills
  • already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data information skills
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care assisting and caring

All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the front line medical receptionist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 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 business, administration and law 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held customer service required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
02 information skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply numeracy skills required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • required, not held type on electronic devices required
  • optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate by telephone required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
05 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held maintain reception area required
  • required, not held administer appointments required
06 services 1 required
  • required, not held health care system required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a front line medical receptionist 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • already held answer patients' questions skill
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held identify patients' medical records skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use electronic health records management system required
08 health and welfare 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
  • optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
  • optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
  • optional, not held screen clients optional
46 held skills the front line medical receptionist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on rehabilitation exercises skill
  • not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
  • not needed by the target role assist patients with rehabilitation skill
  • not needed by the target role biomechanics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the rehabilitation process skill
  • not needed by the target role create lifecasts skill
  • not needed by the target role design medical supportive devices skill
  • not needed by the target role develop therapeutic relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role finish prosthetic-orthotic devices skill
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role instruct patients on supportive devices skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role kinetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain prosthetic-orthotic devices skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate plastic skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate prosthetic-orthotic device materials skill
  • not needed by the target role manipulate wood skill
  • not needed by the target role modify casts for prostheses skill
  • not needed by the target role modify lifecasts skill
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic conditions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedic goods industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthopaedics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role orthotics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pedorthics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform a prosthetic examination of the patient skill
  • not needed by the target role place orders for orthopedic products skill
  • not needed by the target role prosthetic devices knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prosthetic-orthotic device materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide health education 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 data from biomedical tests skill
  • not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role rehabilitation knowledge

6 further entries not listed here

8 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 administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held customer service required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held health care system required
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
  • optional, not held manage healthcare staff optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from prosthetist-orthotist

Full index of moves from prosthetist-orthotist

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.