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

covid testertoclinical coder

A covid tester already meets 36% of what the clinical coder role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From covid tester
36%
Overlap1
To clinical coder
7 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
59.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

36%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.7/ 100

1 Share of the clinical coder role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the covid tester 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 clinical coder role treats 5 of its required skills as things a covid tester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate in healthcare
  • follow clinical guidelines
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
  • medical terminology
  • use electronic health records management system

What stands in the way is 7 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A clinical coder role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a covid tester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
  • already held health records management business, administration and law
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
  • already held medical informatics health and welfare
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held follow clinical guidelines assisting and caring

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the clinical coder role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform clinical coding procedures required
  • required, not held review patient's medical data required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • optional, not held archive healthcare users' records optional
  • optional, not held collect healthcare user's general data optional
  • optional, not held collect statistics on medical records optional
02 health and welfare 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held clinical coding required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
  • optional, not held human anatomy optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held document management required
05 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held identify patients' medical records optional
06 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health care system optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a clinical coder 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held use electronic health records management system skill
  • already held health records management knowledge
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held archive healthcare users' records optional
  • optional, not held collect healthcare user's general data optional
  • optional, not held collect statistics on medical records optional
  • optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
  • optional, not held identify patients' medical records optional
  • optional, not held health care system optional
  • optional, not held human anatomy optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
21 held skills the clinical coder role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • not needed by the target role collect biological samples from patients skill
  • not needed by the target role communicable diseases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety regulations in dealing with infectious diseases skill
  • not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement data quality processes skill
  • not needed by the target role infection control knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role interview people skill
  • not needed by the target role label samples skill
  • not needed by the target role nursing principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform PCR covid test skill
  • not needed by the target role preserve samples skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent communicable diseases' outbreaks skill
  • not needed by the target role sterilization techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role wear appropriate protective gear skill
7 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 clinical coding required
  • required, not held document management required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • optional, not held healthcare analytics optional
  • optional, not held health care system optional
  • optional, not held human anatomy optional
  • optional, not held human physiology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from covid tester

Full index of moves from covid tester

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.