Table 1Transition record

medical records clerktomedical administrative assistant

A medical records clerk already meets 48% of what the medical administrative assistant role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From medical records clerk

48%

Overlap1

To medical administrative assistant

16 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

52.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

48%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

52.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the medical administrative assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical records clerk 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 medical administrative assistant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a medical records clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

administrative tasks in a medical environment
answer patients' questions
apply organisational techniques
collect healthcare user's general data
maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
medical informatics

What stands in the way is 5 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medical administrative assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical records clerk background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held type on electronic devices information skills
already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
already held send samples to laboratory handling and moving
already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
already held handle paperwork management skills
already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the medical administrative assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 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 management skills 2 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held manage budgets required
required, not held manage personnel agenda required

optional, not held allocate bills optional
optional, not held coordinate events optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held plan schedule optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held communicate by telephone required

optional, not held analyse insurance needs optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held order supplies optional
optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional

03 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held clinical reports required

optional, not held pathology optional

04 working with computers 1 required

required, not held use spreadsheets software required

05 information skills 6 supplementary

optional, not held transcribe dialogues optional
optional, not held fill out forms optional
optional, not held monitor billing procedures optional
optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
optional, not held record treated patient's information optional

06 business, administration and law 3 supplementary

optional, not held healthcare administration optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held types of insurance optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a medical administrative 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 16 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
already held answer patients' questions skill
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
already held medical informatics knowledge
already held send samples to laboratory skill
already held type on electronic devices skill
already held use communication techniques skill
already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
already held handle paperwork skill
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held medical terminology knowledge
already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
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 arts and humanities 1 supplementary

optional, not held transcription methods optional

08 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional

21 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held healthcare administration optional
optional, not held transcribe dialogues optional
optional, not held allocate bills optional
optional, not held analyse insurance needs optional
optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
optional, not held coordinate events optional
optional, not held fill out forms optional
optional, not held fix meetings optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held listen actively optional
optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held monitor billing procedures optional
optional, not held order supplies optional
optional, not held organise travel arrangements for staff optional
optional, not held pathology optional
optional, not held plan schedule optional
optional, not held process medical insurance claims optional
optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
optional, not held record treated patient's information optional
optional, not held transcription methods optional
optional, not held types of insurance optional

30 held skills the medical administrative assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
not needed by the target role archive healthcare users' records skill
not needed by the target role clinical coding knowledge
not needed by the target role collect statistics on medical records skill
not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
not needed by the target role comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
not needed by the target role database knowledge
not needed by the target role deliver case notes skill
not needed by the target role display medical problems skill
not needed by the target role document management knowledge
not needed by the target role follow clinical guidelines skill
not needed by the target role health care legislation 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 identify patients' medical records skill
not needed by the target role manage digital archives skill
not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
not needed by the target role medical studies knowledge
not needed by the target role participate in medical records' auditing activities skill
not needed by the target role perform backups skill
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 process data skill
not needed by the target role review patient's medical data skill
not needed by the target role transfer medical information skill
not needed by the target role use databases skill
not needed by the target role use electronic health records management system skill

6 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 reports required
optional, not held healthcare administration optional
optional, not held insurance law optional
optional, not held pathology optional
optional, not held transcription methods optional
optional, not held types of insurance optional

Index

Other moves recorded from medical records clerk

Full index of moves from medical records clerk

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.