medical transcriptionisttomedical records clerk
A medical transcriptionist already meets 59% of what the medical records clerk role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 50.4 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the medical records clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical transcriptionist 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 records clerk role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical transcriptionist 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 19 the medical records clerk role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 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.
- required, not held deliver case notes required
- required, not held collect statistics on medical records required
- required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
- required, not held type on electronic devices required
- required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- required, not held clinical coding required
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- required, not held data storage required
- required, not held document management required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a medical records clerk role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 deliver case notes skill · occupation specific
- 02 clinical coding knowledge · sector specific
- 03 collect statistics on medical records 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 25 skills that carry over
- already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held archive healthcare users' records skill
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held database knowledge
- already held display medical problems skill
- already held health care system knowledge
- already held health records management knowledge
- already held identify patients' medical records skill
- already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
- already held manage digital archives skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held medical terminology knowledge
- 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 use electronic health records management system skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held handle paperwork skill
- already held manage digital documents skill
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities skill
- already held review patient's medical data skill
- already held transfer medical information skill
- already held use databases skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
- optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers optional
- optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
- optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
10 held skills the medical records clerk role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role edit dictated medical texts skill
- not needed by the target role execute working instructions skill
- not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role liaise with typists skill
- not needed by the target role transcribe medical data skill
- not needed by the target role use shorthand skill
- not needed by the target role use word processing software 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 clinical coding required
- required, not held data storage required
- required, not held document management required
- required, not held health care legislation required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology 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.