Table 1Transition record

clinical informatics managertoclinical coder

A clinical informatics manager already meets 38% of what the clinical coder role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From clinical informatics manager

38%

Overlap1

To clinical coder

8 Skills carried over

7 Required, not held

57.9 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 57.9

This move: 57.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the clinical coder role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the clinical informatics manager 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 8 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 clinical informatics manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held review patient's medical data information skills
already held perform clinical coding procedures information skills
already held healthcare analytics health and welfare
already held collect healthcare user's general data information skills
already held medical informatics health and welfare
already held follow clinical guidelines assisting and caring

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the clinical coder role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 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 health and welfare 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held clinical coding required
required, not held professional documentation in health care required
required, not held medical terminology required

optional, not held human anatomy optional
optional, not held human physiology optional

02 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage healthcare users' data required

optional, not held archive healthcare users' records optional
optional, not held collect statistics on medical records optional

03 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held use electronic health records management system required

optional, not held manage digital documents optional

04 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held document management required

06 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held health records management optional

2 further areas 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held communicate in healthcare skill
already held follow clinical guidelines skill
already held perform clinical coding procedures skill
already held review patient's medical data skill
already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
already held healthcare analytics knowledge
already held medical informatics knowledge

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held identify patients' medical records optional

08 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held health care system optional

8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held archive healthcare users' records optional
optional, not held collect statistics on medical records optional
optional, not held health records management 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

51 held skills the clinical coder role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
not needed by the target role analyse large-scale data in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
not needed by the target role apply good clinical practices skill
not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
not needed by the target role conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct clinical software research skill
not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
not needed by the target role creation of clinical psychological opinions knowledge
not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
not needed by the target role database knowledge
not needed by the target role drug interaction management knowledge
not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
not needed by the target role health psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
not needed by the target role manage workflow processes skill
not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
not needed by the target role multi-professional cooperation in health care knowledge

11 further entries not listed here

8 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
required, not held medical terminology required
optional, not held health records management 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 clinical informatics manager

Full index of moves from clinical informatics manager

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.