medical records clerktomedical records manager
A medical records clerk already meets 62% of what the medical records manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
62%
48.8/ 100
1 Share of the medical records manager 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 this move works
A medical records manager role treats 21 of its required skills as things a medical records clerk already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- apply organisational techniques
- archive healthcare users' records
- clinical coding
- collect statistics on medical records
- communicate in healthcare
- data storage
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 31 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medical records manager 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.
- already held transfer medical information information skills
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities information skills
- already held collect statistics on medical records information skills
- already held clinical coding health and welfare
- already held review patient's medical data information skills
- already held perform clinical coding procedures information skills
All 31 carried skills, including the 21 the medical records manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 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.
- required, not held undertake clinical audit required
- required, not held manage information in health care required
- required, not held oversee record management required
- optional, not held maintain treatment records optional
- optional, not held perform records management optional
- optional, not held monitor regulations in social services optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- optional, not held record treated patient's information optional
- required, not held recruit employees required
- required, not held supervise staff required
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
- required, not held healthcare administration required
- required, not held manage healthcare staff required
- optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
- optional, not held risk management optional
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- optional, not held formulate a treatment plan optional
- optional, not held meet the requirements of social security reimbursement bodies optional
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- optional, not held advise on medical records optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held manage workflow processes optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medical records manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 healthcare administration knowledge · sector specific
- 02 undertake clinical audit skill · sector specific
- 03 use e-health and mobile health technologies skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 31 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held archive healthcare users' records skill
- already held clinical coding knowledge
- already held collect statistics on medical records skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held data storage knowledge
- already held database knowledge
- already held document management knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held identify patients' medical records skill
- already held manage digital archives skill
- already held manage healthcare users' data skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities skill
- already held perform clinical coding procedures skill
- already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
- already held use electronic health records management system skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held answer patients' questions skill
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held customer service knowledge
- already held health care system knowledge
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held perform backups skill
- already held process data skill
- already held review patient's medical data skill
- already held transfer medical information skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held patient record storage optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on medical records optional
- optional, not held formulate a treatment plan optional
- optional, not held interview people optional
- optional, not held maintain treatment records optional
- optional, not held meet the requirements of social security reimbursement bodies optional
- optional, not held patient record storage optional
- optional, not held perform records management optional
- optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage workflow processes optional
- optional, not held monitor regulations in social services optional
- optional, not held record healthcare users' billing information optional
- optional, not held record treated patient's information optional
- optional, not held risk management optional
- optional, not held supervise daily information operations optional
15 held skills the medical records manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate in foreign languages with health service providers 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 deliver case notes skill
- not needed by the target role display medical problems skill
- not needed by the target role handle paperwork 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 pharmacology knowledge
- not needed by the target role send samples to laboratory skill
- not needed by the target role type on electronic devices skill
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role use databases 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.
- required, not held healthcare administration required
- required, not held manage healthcare staff required
- optional, not held patient record storage optional
- optional, not held bookkeeping regulations optional
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held human physiology optional
- optional, not held risk management optional
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.