Hospital Admissions Clerk (Night Shift) – Fixed-Term

Patients meet you first at this private hospital admissions office in Umhlanga, so calm and clear matters. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

Location: Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Check medical aid membership and benefits before each consultation
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients

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

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

• Parking on site
• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• 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.