Clinical informatics manager to medical records clerk
A clinical informatics manager already meets 29% of what the medical records clerk role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.5/ 100
1 How much of what a medical records clerk is expected to do is already part of a clinical informatics manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the medical records clerk role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A medical records clerk role treats 9 of its required skills as things a clinical informatics manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- data storage
- database
What stands in the way is 21 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 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 clinical informatics manager background worth leading with.
- 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 database information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held collect healthcare user's general data information skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the medical records clerk role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 33 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn deliver case notes required
- still to learn archive healthcare users' records required
- still to learn collect statistics on medical records required
- still to learn manage digital archives required
- still to learn manage healthcare users' data required
- still to learn process data required
- still to learn type on electronic devices required
- optional, not held transfer medical information optional
- still to learn administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- still to learn health records management required
- still to learn health care legislation required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- still to learn clinical coding required
- still to learn professional documentation in health care required
- still to learn medical terminology required
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- still to learn display medical problems required
- still to learn work in multidisciplinary health teams required
- 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
- still to learn perform backups required
- still to learn use electronic health records management system required
- optional, not held manage digital documents optional
- optional, not held use databases optional
- still to learn maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
5 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 practise this
- 02 administrative tasks in a medical environment study this
- 03 archive healthcare users' records practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held data storage knowledge
- already held database knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held medical informatics knowledge
- already held perform clinical coding procedures skill
- already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held participate in medical records' auditing activities skill
- already held review patient's medical data skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn identify patients' medical records required
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- still to learn health care system required
- still to learn document management required
- optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held answer patients' questions optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held transfer medical information optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held handle paperwork optional
- optional, not held manage digital documents 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 use databases optional
- optional, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care optional
46 held skills the medical records clerk role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere DataStage knowledge
- not needed by the target role IBM InfoSphere Information Server knowledge
- not needed by the target role Informatica PowerCenter knowledge
- not needed by the target role Oracle Data Integrator knowledge
- not needed by the target role Oracle Warehouse Builder knowledge
- not needed by the target role Pentaho Data Integration knowledge
- not needed by the target role QlikView Expressor knowledge
- not needed by the target role SAP Data Services knowledge
- not needed by the target role SQL Server Integration Services knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on training courses skill
- not needed by the target role analyse large-scale data in healthcare skill
- not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply good clinical practices skill
- not needed by the target role audit techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
- not needed by the target role clinical science knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct clinical software research skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to continuity of health care skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role creation of clinical psychological opinions knowledge
- not needed by the target role data extraction, transformation and loading tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role drug interaction management knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
- not needed by the target role health psychology knowledge
- not needed by the target role healthcare analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
- not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
- not needed by the target role manage workflow processes skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role multi-professional cooperation in health care knowledge
- not needed by the target role multidisciplinary research knowledge
- not needed by the target role nursing science knowledge
- not needed by the target role oversee clinical information system activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
6 further entries not listed here
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn administrative tasks in a medical environment required
- still to learn clinical coding required
- still to learn document management required
- still to learn health records management required
- still to learn professional documentation in health care required
- still to learn health care legislation required
- still to learn health care system required
- still to learn medical terminology required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held medical studies optional
- optional, not held pharmacology optional
Other moves recorded from clinical informatics manager
Common questions about this move
Can a clinical informatics manager become a medical records clerk?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A clinical informatics manager already covers 29% of what a medical records clerk is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 9 of which the medical records clerk role treats as required.
What skills does a clinical informatics manager need to become a medical records clerk?
21 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is deliver case notes.
How hard is the move from clinical informatics manager to medical records clerk?
Its learning distance is 76.5 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.