Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a medical records manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical records manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as supervisor of medical records, health records manager, manager of patient records, patient records manager, medical records supervisor, manager of medical records, manager of health records, patient records supervisor, senior medical records officer, health records supervisor, supervisor of patient records, director of medical records.

Technicians and associate professionals 58 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: medical records clerk, 74%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
medical records clerk 74% covered front line medical receptioni… 64% covered medical transcriptionist 62% covered chiropractic assistant 50% covered waiting list coordinator 49% covered medical records manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical records manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical records manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical records manager needs 30 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • oversee record management information skills
  • participate in medical records' auditing activities information skills
  • collect statistics on medical records information skills
  • manage information in health care information skills
  • undertake clinical audit information skills
  • clinical coding health and welfare
  • perform clinical coding procedures information skills
  • document management social sciences, journalism and information
  • healthcare administration business, administration and law
  • use electronic health records management system working with computers
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical records manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Medical records manager is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical records manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.