Waiting list coordinator to picture archiving and communication systems administrator
A waiting list coordinator already meets 40% of what the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.2/ 100
1 How much of what a picture archiving and communication systems administrator is expected to do is already part of a waiting list coordinator’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 picture archiving and communication systems administrator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats 8 of its required skills as things a waiting list coordinator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- archive healthcare users' records
- communicate in healthcare
- data protection
- empathise with the healthcare user
- health records management
- interact with healthcare users
What stands in the way is 8 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A picture archiving and communication systems administrator 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.
- already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
- already held archive healthcare users' records information skills
- already held health records management business, administration and law
- already held data protection information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held medical terminology health and welfare
- already held perform clerical duties management skills
All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 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 administer ICT system required
- still to learn attend to ICT systems quality required
- still to learn maintain ICT system required
- optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
- still to learn computer science required
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- still to learn medical informatics required
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- still to learn manage radiology information system required
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- still to learn project management required
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a picture archiving and communication systems administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 administer ICT system practise this
- 02 attend to ICT systems quality practise this
- 03 maintain ICT system 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held archive healthcare users' records skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held data protection knowledge
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held use electronic health records management system skill
- already held perform clerical duties skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
- optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- optional, not held develop professional network optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held identify suppliers optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- optional, not held solve ICT system problems optional
16 held skills the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on efficiency improvements skill
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions 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 customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop organisational policies skill
- not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify patients' medical records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain healthcare user data confidentiality 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 resource planning skill
- not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
9 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 project management required
- still to learn computer science required
- still to learn medical informatics required
- optional, not held radiological photography optional
- optional, not held Cisco optional
- optional, not held ICT system user requirements optional
- optional, not held procurement of ICT network equipment optional
- optional, not held supplier management optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
Common questions about this move
Can a waiting list coordinator become a picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A waiting list coordinator already covers 40% of what a picture archiving and communication systems administrator is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 8 of which the picture archiving and communication systems administrator role treats as required.
What skills does a waiting list coordinator need to become a picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
8 required skills are missing, plus 13 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is administer ICT system.
How hard is the move from waiting list coordinator to picture archiving and communication systems administrator?
Its learning distance is 60.2 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.