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

waiting list coordinatortochiropractic assistant

A waiting list coordinator already meets 31% of what the chiropractic assistant role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From waiting list coordinator
31%
Overlap1
To chiropractic assistant
9 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
68.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.7/ 100

1 Share of the chiropractic assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the waiting list coordinator 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 chiropractic assistant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a waiting list coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • answer patients' questions
  • customer service
  • identify patients' medical records
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
  • use electronic health records management system

What stands in the way is 10 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 9 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 waiting list coordinator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
  • already held identify patients' medical records management skills
  • already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user assisting and caring

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 23 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held advise on healthcare users' informed consent required
  • required, not held provide health education required
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
  • optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
02 health and welfare 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held chiropractic terminology required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect healthcare user data under supervision required
  • required, not held collect healthcare user's general data required
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain chiropractic equipment required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held answer patients' questions skill
  • already held customer service knowledge
  • already held identify patients' medical records skill
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • already held use electronic health records management system skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
08 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice optional
  • optional, not held contribute to quality physiotherapy services optional
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
  • optional, not held work in multidisciplinary health teams optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held respond to changing situations in health care optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
  • optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
16 held skills the chiropractic assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
  • not needed by the target role collect statistics on medical records skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
  • not needed by the target role health records management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
  • not needed by the target role manage administrative systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor waiting list skill
  • not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
  • not needed by the target role perform resource planning skill
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
4 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 chiropractic terminology required
  • required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
Index
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.