From medical records clerk to medical records manager
18 of the 30 essential skills of a medical records manager are already essential for a medical records clerk — about 60% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from medical records clerk in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 18
- skills carry over
- 12
- would be new
- 60%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a medical records manager
What a medical records manager does
Medical records managers are responsible for managing activities of medical records units which maintain and secure patient data. They supervise, oversee and train employees while implementing medical department policies.
What carries over
18 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- apply organisational techniques
- archive healthcare users' records
- clinical coding
- collect statistics on medical records
- data storage
- database
- document management
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health records management
- identify patients' medical records
- manage digital archives
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- perform clinical coding procedures
- professional documentation in health care
- use electronic health records management system
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
12 skillsEssential for a medical records manager and not for a medical records clerk. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- healthcare administration
- manage healthcare staff
- manage information in health care
- oversee record management
- participate in medical records' auditing activities
- recruit employees
- supervise staff
- undertake clinical audit
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
Other moves from medical records clerk
2 roles- front line medical receptionist15 skills in common
- doctors' surgery assistant14 skills in common
← medical records clerkmedical records manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a medical records manager?
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