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

podiatry assistanttodoctors' surgery assistant

A podiatry assistant already meets 32% of what the doctors' surgery assistant role asks for. The move turns on 30 required skills not yet in the profile.

From podiatry assistant
32%
Overlap1
To doctors' surgery assistant
19 Skills carried over
30 Required, not held
78.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.1/ 100

1 Share of the doctors' surgery 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 doctors' surgery assistant role treats 16 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
  • communicate in healthcare
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
  • ensure safety of healthcare users

What stands in the way is 30 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A doctors' surgery 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 surgical asepsis health and welfare
  • already held analyse X-ray imagery information skills
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
  • already held health records management business, administration and law
  • already held process medical insurance claims information skills
  • already held health care system services

All 19 carried skills, including the 16 the doctors' surgery assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 47 missing skills fall into 9 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 11 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held perform reconstructive plastic surgery required
  • required, not held answer patients' questions required
  • required, not held assist in epilepsy surgery required
  • required, not held contribute to continuity of health care required
  • required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
  • required, not held operate patients with thoracic diseases required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
  • required, not held deal with emergency care situations required
  • required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
  • optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held accept own accountability required
  • required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
  • required, not held provide pre-treatment information required
  • required, not held provide test results to medical staff required
  • required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
  • required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
  • required, not held interact with healthcare users required
  • optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
03 health and welfare 5 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held anaesthetics required
  • required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures optional
04 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain treatment records required
  • required, not held monitor patients' progress related to treatment required
  • required, not held record healthcare users' progress related to treatment required
  • required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a doctors' surgery 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 19 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 communicate in healthcare skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
  • already held follow clinical guidelines skill
  • already held health care system knowledge
  • already held health records management knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held process medical insurance claims skill
  • already held provide health education skill
  • already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
  • already held surgical asepsis knowledge
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held analyse X-ray imagery skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
08 handling and moving 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
  • optional, not held take blood samples optional
09 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held assist patients with special needs optional
  • optional, not held assist with hemostasis optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held collect biological samples from patients optional
  • optional, not held conduct polysomnography optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held perform venepuncture procedures optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures optional
  • optional, not held supervise medical office support workers optional
  • optional, not held take blood samples optional
  • optional, not held use venepuncture procedure equipment optional
  • optional, not held offer advice on diet-related concerns optional
  • optional, not held perform procurement processes optional
  • optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
38 held skills the doctors' surgery assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 collect healthcare user data under supervision skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct podiatry consultation skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to quality physiotherapy services skill
  • not needed by the target role dermatology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role discuss the medical history of the healthcare user skill
  • not needed by the target role foot problems 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 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
  • not needed by the target role treat nails skill
  • not needed by the target role treat patients' nails skill
  • not needed by the target role types of orthopedic supplies knowledge
12 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 anaesthetics required
  • required, not held multi-professional cooperation in health care required
  • required, not held professional documentation in health care required
  • required, not held techniques of blood-sampling required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held medical informatics required
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held wound closure techniques optional
  • optional, not held clinical reports optional
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held e-procurement optional
  • optional, not held radiological procedures 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.