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Competences — medical records clerk

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/14eb2c85-fce5-40b6-bcd0-46ac99994b0d).

Essential

  • adhere to organisational guidelines (skill/competence)
  • administrative tasks in a medical environment (knowledge)
  • apply organisational techniques (skill/competence)
  • archive healthcare users' records (skill/competence)
  • clinical coding (knowledge)
  • collect healthcare user's general data (skill/competence)
  • collect statistics on medical records (skill/competence)
  • comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice (skill/competence)
  • data storage (knowledge)
  • database (knowledge)
  • deliver case notes (skill/competence)
  • display medical problems (skill/competence)
  • document management (knowledge)
  • follow clinical guidelines (skill/competence)
  • health care legislation (knowledge)
  • health care system (knowledge)
  • health records management (knowledge)
  • identify patients' medical records (skill/competence)
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality (skill/competence)
  • manage digital archives (skill/competence)
  • manage healthcare users' data (skill/competence)
  • medical informatics (knowledge)
  • medical terminology (knowledge)
  • perform backups (skill/competence)
  • perform clinical coding procedures (skill/competence)
  • process data (skill/competence)
  • professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
  • type on electronic devices (skill/competence)
  • use electronic health records management system (skill/competence)
  • work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)

Optional

  • answer patients' questions (skill/competence)
  • communicate in foreign languages with health service providers (skill/competence)
  • communicate in healthcare (skill/competence)
  • communicate with customers (skill/competence)
  • customer service (knowledge)
  • handle paperwork (skill/competence)
  • manage digital documents (skill/competence)
  • medical studies (knowledge)
  • participate in medical records' auditing activities (skill/competence)
  • pharmacology (knowledge)
  • review patient's medical data (skill/competence)
  • send samples to laboratory (skill/competence)
  • transfer medical information (skill/competence)
  • use communication techniques (skill/competence)
  • use databases (skill/competence)
  • work in a multicultural environment in health care (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-17)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • data entry — 31 %

Methods

  • HIPAA compliance — 31 %