# Competences — medical transcriptionist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/5d5fde2c-47ce-4dcd-99f0-ba651b7b908f).

## Essential

- **apply grammar and spelling rules** (skill/competence)
- **apply organisational techniques** (skill/competence)
- **archive healthcare users' records** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **database** (knowledge)
- **edit dictated medical texts** (skill/competence)
- **execute working instructions** (skill/competence)
- **grammar** (knowledge)
- **health records management** (knowledge)
- **maintain healthcare user data confidentiality** (skill/competence)
- **manage digital archives** (skill/competence)
- **medical terminology** (knowledge)
- **transcribe medical data** (skill/competence)
- **use electronic health records management system** (skill/competence)
- **use word processing software** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- administrative tasks in a medical environment (knowledge)
- collect healthcare user's general data (skill/competence)
- display medical problems (skill/competence)
- handle paperwork (skill/competence)
- health care system (knowledge)
- human anatomy (knowledge)
- identify patients' medical records (skill/competence)
- liaise with typists (skill/competence)
- manage digital documents (skill/competence)
- medical informatics (knowledge)
- participate in medical records' auditing activities (skill/competence)
- perform backups (skill/competence)
- perform clinical coding procedures (skill/competence)
- process data (skill/competence)
- professional documentation in health care (knowledge)
- review patient's medical data (skill/competence)
- transfer medical information (skill/competence)
- use databases (skill/competence)
- use shorthand (skill/competence)
- work in multidisciplinary health teams (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 43 ads, as of 2026-07-17)

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

### Hard skills

- medical transcription — **91 %**
- data entry — **30 %**
- medical terminology — **21 %**

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