From front line medical receptionist to medical records clerk
15 of the 30 essential skills of a medical records clerk are already essential for a front line medical receptionist — about 50% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 15
- would be new
- 50%
- of the target job covered
- 30
- essential skills of a medical records clerk
What a medical records clerk does
Medical records clerks organise, keep up-to-date and archive patients` records for medical staff availability. They transfer medical information from a patient’s paper records to an electronic template.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- collect healthcare user's general data
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- health care system
- health records management
- identify patients' medical records
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- manage healthcare users' data
- medical informatics
- medical terminology
- type on electronic devices
- use electronic health records management system
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
15 skillsEssential for a medical records clerk and not for a front line medical receptionist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply organisational techniques
- archive healthcare users' records
- clinical coding
- collect statistics on medical records
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- data storage
- database
- deliver case notes
- display medical problems
- document management
- manage digital archives
- perform backups
- perform clinical coding procedures
- process data
- professional documentation in health care
Other moves from front line medical receptionist
2 roles- doctors' surgery assistant16 skills in common
- physiotherapist11 skills in common
← front line medical receptionistmedical records clerk →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a medical records clerk?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.