Hospital Admissions Clerk (Night Shift)

At a specialist orthopaedic rooms in Tembisa, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is Tembisa-based, with most of your time spent at a specialist orthopaedic rooms.

• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation

• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• You keep patient information private, every time
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge

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

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

• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.
• Name the billing software you know in your CV headline; practices want someone who needs no system training.