Health records management
Managing health and care records through their life cycle, including creation, filing, tracking, access, retention, and disposal.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- file, find, and track records correctly
- protect records from loss or unauthorised access
- 2. Working
You can:
- process requests for access to records
- apply retention schedules and record-keeping standards
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- manage a records service and its procedures
- audit record-keeping and train staff
- 4. Expert
You can:
- set records management policy and strategy
- lead the move from paper to digital records
Closest ESCO skills
- health records management
- perform records management
- use electronic health records management system
Contains ESCO v1.2.1 data (https://esco.ec.europa.eu/). © European Union. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainee clinical coder | Clinical coder | 3 | Awareness |
| Clinical coder | Clinical coder | 4 | Working |
| Senior clinical coder | Clinical coder | 5 | Working |
| Clinical coding auditor and trainer | Clinical coder | 6 | Working |
| Clinical coding manager | Clinical coder | 7 | Practitioner |
| Records assistant | Health records officer | 2 | Awareness |
| Records officer | Health records officer | 3 | Working |
| Senior records officer | Health records officer | 4 | Working |
| Health records manager | Health records officer | 5 | Practitioner |
| Information governance officer | Information governance officer | 4 | Awareness |
| Head of information governance | Information governance officer | 8a | Practitioner |