As a Medical Records Clerk, you will need to master following:

• administrative tasks in a medical environment
• archive healthcare users' records
• clinical coding
• collect healthcare user's general data
• collect statistics on medical records
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• data storage
• deliver case notes
• display medical problems
• document management
• health records management
• identify patients' medical records
• maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
• manage digital archives
• perform backups
• perform clinical coding procedures
• professional documentation in health care
• use electronic health records management system
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, a medical records clerk is also versed in:

• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply organisational techniques
• database
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• health care system
• manage healthcare users' data
• medical informatics
• medical terminology
• process data
• type on electronic devices

It also helps to know the following:

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