Medical records clerk

Code 3252.1

Medical records clerks organise, keep up-to-date and archive patients` records for medical staff availability. They transfer medical information from a patient’s paper records to an electronic template.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • data storage
  • database
  • clinical coding
  • professional documentation in health care
  • document management
  • health records management
  • medical informatics
  • health care legislation
  • health care system
  • administrative tasks in a medical environment
  • medical terminology

Skills and competences

  • archive healthcare users' records
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
  • perform backups
  • deliver case notes
  • manage digital archives
  • manage healthcare users' data
  • identify patients' medical records
  • perform clinical coding procedures
  • type on electronic devices
  • display medical problems
  • process data
  • follow clinical guidelines
  • use electronic health records management system

Transversal competences

  • apply organisational techniques
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
  • collect healthcare user's general data
  • collect statistics on medical records
  • adhere to organisational guidelines
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences