Hospital Admissions Clerk (Night Shift)

Every claim you code correctly at this radiology group in Newcastle gets paid faster. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll report in Newcastle. Relocation is not covered for this one. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close

• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• You keep patient information private, every time
• Confident with Excel and email
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes

• Experience with hospital case management and pre-auth
• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims

• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• Parking on site
• Bonus linked to collections at billing bureaus
• Normal practice hours with most weekends off

• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.
• Name the billing software you know in your CV headline; practices want someone who needs no system training.