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

podiatry assistanttochiropractic assistant

A podiatry assistant already meets 34% of what the chiropractic assistant role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From podiatry assistant
34%
Overlap1
To chiropractic assistant
13 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
66.3 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

34%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.3/ 100

1 Share of the chiropractic assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the podiatry assistant 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 4 of its required skills as things a podiatry assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • administrative tasks in a medical environment
  • advise on healthcare users' informed consent
  • collect healthcare user data under supervision
  • provide health education

What stands in the way is 11 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 13 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 podiatry assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held collect healthcare user data under supervision information skills
  • already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services management skills
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
  • already held medical terminology health and welfare
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care management skills

All 13 carried skills, including the 4 the chiropractic assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 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 assisting and caring 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held answer patients' questions required
  • required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion 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 working with computers 2 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
  • required, not held use electronic health records management system required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held collect healthcare user's general data required
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify patients' medical records required
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional

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 13 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held customer service required
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held maintain chiropractic equipment required
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment optional
  • optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
  • optional, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges optional
  • optional, not held promote inclusion optional
  • optional, not held use different communication channels optional
44 held skills the chiropractic assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse X-ray imagery skill
  • 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 conduct podiatry consultation skill
  • not needed by the target role dermatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • not needed by the target role discuss the medical history of the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role foot problems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
  • not needed by the target role health records management 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 process medical insurance claims skill
  • 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

4 further entries not listed here

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 customer service required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held professional documentation in health care optional
Index

Other moves recorded from podiatry assistant

Full index of moves from podiatry assistant

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.