medical records clerktomedical transcriptionist
A medical records clerk already meets 63% of what the medical transcriptionist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 39.7 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the medical transcriptionist 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.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A medical transcriptionist 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 display medical problems communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held transfer medical information information skills
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities information skills
- already held review patient's medical data information skills
- already held perform clinical coding procedures information skills
- already held use electronic health records management system working with computers
All 25 carried skills, including the 8 the medical transcriptionist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 6 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 edit dictated medical texts required
- required, not held apply grammar and spelling rules required
- required, not held execute working instructions required
- optional, not held liaise with typists optional
- optional, not held use shorthand optional
- required, not held grammar required
- required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
- required, not held transcribe medical data required
- required, not held use word processing software required
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medical transcriptionist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 edit dictated medical texts skill · occupation specific
- 02 transcribe medical data skill · occupation specific
- 03 apply grammar and spelling rules skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held archive healthcare users' records skill
- already held database knowledge
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held manage digital archives skill
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- already held use electronic health records management system skill
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held display medical problems skill
- already held handle paperwork skill
- already held health care system knowledge
- already held identify patients' medical records skill
- already held manage digital documents skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities skill
- already held perform backups skill
- already held perform clinical coding procedures skill
- already held process data skill
- already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
- already held review patient's medical data skill
- already held transfer medical information skill
- already held use databases skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held human anatomy optional
- optional, not held liaise with typists optional
- optional, not held use shorthand optional
21 held skills the medical transcriptionist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role answer patients' questions 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 foreign languages with health service providers 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 deliver case notes 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 manage healthcare users' data 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 work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
2 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 grammar required
- optional, not held human anatomy 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.