- Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
- Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.
- Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
- Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
- Process
Health records clerk | Average UK Salary & Outlook
Health records clerks keep people's medical records up to date.
Health records clerks typically work around 38 to 40 hours per week.
As a Health records clerk you will typically work evenings.
This occupation tends to be:
| Average salary |
| 25,034 GBP * |
| per year |
Salary statistics
Average salary for Health records clerk
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27,374 GBP
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23,828 GBP
Average salary for part-time Health records clerk
Average salary for full-time Health records clerk
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13,672 GBP
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13,429 GBP
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25,034 GBP
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23,828 GBP
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27,374 GBP
Salary over time for Health records clerk
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22,777 GBP
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22,674 GBP
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22,687 GBP
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23,015 GBP
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23,721 GBP
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23,884 GBP
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25,034 GBP
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25,206 GBP
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25,672 GBP
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Future outlook for Health records clerks
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Balanced outlook
2% yearly wage growth (on average)
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Which qualifications do I need?
Find out what you need to know in order to become a Health records clerk and the highest average level of education for people in this role.
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Things to highlight for your Health records clerk interview
Attention to Detail Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. Cooperation Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Dependability Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. Integrity Job requires being honest and ethical. Independence Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
