Skills
46 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Essential knowledge
11 skills
Essential skills / competences
19 skills
Optional knowledge
3 skills
Optional skills / competences
13 skills
Overview
Medical records clerks organise, update, archive and transfer patient records so medical staff can find accurate health information when it is needed.
In job descriptions, look for health records management, clinical coding, medical terminology, confidentiality, digital archives, case notes, databases, quality standards and transfer of medical information.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Medical records clerk work keeps patient information usable for care teams. The role handles filing, updates, digital templates, case notes and record retrieval without losing confidentiality.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include health records management, clinical coding, medical terminology, document management, databases, digital archives, statistics on medical records and careful handling of healthcare user data.
Salary context
Salary context depends on record volume, coding complexity, confidentiality duties, audit participation, digital archive ownership, contact with patients or clinicians and responsibility for urgent case notes.
Career paths
Career paths can move from records filing and data entry into health information administration, clinical coding, records audit support, digital document management or supervisory patient administration work.
Good to know
Check whether the vacancy is mainly archive work, front-desk support or health information processing. Clear adverts name systems, record types, confidentiality duties and contact with clinical teams.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Occupation group
Medical records and health information technicians (3252)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/14eb2c85-fce5-40b6-bcd0-46ac99994b0d |
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| ESCO code | 3252.1 |
| ISCO group | 3252 |
| Concept type | Occupation |