Table 1Transition record

clinical informatics managertomedical 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.

From clinical informatics manager

29%

Overlap1

To medical records clerk

13 Skills carried over

21 Required, not held

76.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance A rebuild

76.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the medical records clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the clinical informatics manager 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.

Why

Why this move works

A medical records clerk role treats 9 of its required skills as things a clinical informatics manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

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

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.

Skill the target role also needs Area

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

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 33 missing skills fall into 11 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 7 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held deliver case notes required
required, not held archive healthcare users' records required
required, not held collect statistics on medical records required
required, not held manage digital archives required
required, not held manage healthcare users' data required
required, not held process data required
required, not held type on electronic devices required

optional, not held transfer medical information optional

02 business, administration and law 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
required, not held health records management required
required, not held health care legislation required

optional, not held customer service optional

03 health and welfare 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held clinical coding required
required, not held professional documentation in health care required
required, not held medical terminology required

optional, not held medical studies optional

04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held display medical problems required
required, not held 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

05 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held perform backups required
required, not held use electronic health records management system required

optional, not held manage digital documents optional
optional, not held use databases optional

06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality required

optional, not held answer patients' questions optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 13 skills that carry over

Skill Type

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

Skill to acquire Tier

07 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held identify patients' medical records required

optional, not held handle paperwork optional

08 services 1 required

required, not held health care system required

09 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held document management required

10 handling and moving 1 supplementary

optional, not held send samples to laboratory optional

11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held pharmacology optional

12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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

Skill Type

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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held administrative tasks in a medical environment required
required, not held clinical coding required
required, not held document management required
required, not held health records management required
required, not held professional documentation in health care required
required, not held health care legislation required
required, not held health care system required
required, not held medical terminology required
optional, not held customer service optional
optional, not held medical studies optional
optional, not held pharmacology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from clinical informatics manager

Full index of moves from clinical informatics manager

Note

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.