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Ocupacions
Medical records clerk
Clerical officer Clinical records administrator Health records assistant Health records clerk Health records staff member Medical note summariser Medical records assistant Medical records clerk Medical records filing clerk Medical records officer Medical records staff member Patients records assistant
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.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Planning, developing, maintaining and operating a variety of health record indexes and storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store and analyse information;
(b) Transcribing, compiling and processing patient medical records, admission and discharge documents and other medical reports into records-keeping systems to provide data for patient monitoring and referral, epidemiological monitoring, research, billing, cost control and care improvement;
(c) Reviewing records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with regulations;
(d) Translating narrative descriptions and numeric information from medical records and other documents on health services delivery into codes associated with standard classification systems;
(e) Protecting the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained and releasing information to authorized persons and agencies in accordance with regulations;
(f) Supervising clerical and administrative workers involved in the maintenance of medical records.
Knowledge
- Database and network design and administration
- Secretarial and office work
- Medicine
- Work skills
- Medical diagnostic and treatment technology
Digital competencies
- Complying with operational procedures
- Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
- Planning events and programmes
- Entering and transforming information
- Communicating with colleagues and clients
Digital competencies
- Managing, gathering and storing digital data
- Protecting ict devices
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Collaborating in teams and networks
- Processing information, ideas and concepts
- Following ethical code of conduct
Professional groups of the occupation
Technicians and associate professionals
Health associate professionals
Other health associate professionals
Medical records and health information technicians
Other occupations of the professional group
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Medical records and health information technicians
80
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
51,28%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
73,91% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
41,25%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
32,50%
Part-time contracts
1,54% Turnover index
62
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
18%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Health associate professionals
27%
73%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Health associate professionals
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Other health associate professionals
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Medical records and health information technicians
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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