Hospital Admissions Clerk (Night Shift) – Fixed-Term

At a private hospital admissions office in Johannesburg CBD, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Johannesburg CBD, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software

• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• Matric
• Confident with Excel and email
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts

• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims
• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics

• Normal practice hours with most weekends off
• Parking on site
• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus

• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.
• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.