Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

medical administrative assistanttomedical records clerk

A medical administrative assistant already meets 34% of what the medical records clerk role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From medical administrative assistant
34%
Overlap1
To medical records clerk
16 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
72.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 72.9

This move: 72.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the medical records clerk role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the medical administrative assistant 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 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 medical administrative assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held type on electronic devices information skills
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment business, administration and law
  • already held send samples to laboratory handling and moving
  • already held answer patients' questions assisting and caring
  • already held handle paperwork management skills
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers communication, collaboration and creativity

All 16 carried skills, including the 10 the medical records clerk role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 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 6 required, 3 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 perform clinical coding procedures required
  • required, not held process data required
  • optional, not held participate in medical records' auditing activities optional
  • optional, not held review patient's medical data optional
  • optional, not held transfer medical information optional
02 assisting and caring 3 required
  • required, not held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice required
  • required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
  • required, not held follow clinical guidelines required
03 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
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
05 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required
  • required, not held data storage required
  • required, not held database required
06 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held display medical problems required
  • optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held administrative tasks in a medical environment knowledge
  • already held apply organisational techniques skill
  • already held collect healthcare user's general data skill
  • already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
  • already held manage healthcare users' data skill
  • already held medical informatics knowledge
  • already held medical terminology knowledge
  • already held professional documentation in health care knowledge
  • already held type on electronic devices skill
  • already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
  • already held answer patients' questions skill
  • already held communicate in foreign languages with health service providers skill
  • already held handle paperwork skill
  • already held send samples to laboratory skill
  • already held use communication techniques skill
  • already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held clinical coding required
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
08 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held identify patients' medical records required
09 services 1 required
  • required, not held health care system required
10 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held document management required
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held participate in medical records' auditing activities optional
  • optional, not held review patient's medical data optional
  • optional, not held transfer medical information optional
  • optional, not held communicate in healthcare optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held manage digital documents optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
  • optional, not held use databases optional
26 held skills the medical records clerk role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role allocate bills skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse insurance needs skill
  • not needed by the target role clinical reports knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
  • not needed by the target role fill out forms skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role healthcare administration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insurance law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage personnel agenda skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor billing procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role organise travel arrangements for staff skill
  • not needed by the target role pathology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role process medical insurance claims skill
  • not needed by the target role record healthcare users' billing information skill
  • not needed by the target role record treated patient's information skill
  • not needed by the target role transcribe dialogues skill
  • not needed by the target role transcription methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role types of insurance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use spreadsheets software skill
10 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 clinical coding required
  • required, not held data storage required
  • required, not held document management required
  • required, not held health records management required
  • required, not held database required
  • required, not held health care legislation required
  • required, not held health care system required
  • optional, not held customer service optional
  • optional, not held medical studies optional
  • optional, not held pharmacology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from medical administrative assistant

Full index of moves from medical administrative assistant

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.