Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms)

At a private hospital admissions office in Gqeberha, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

You'll be based at a private hospital admissions office in Gqeberha. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close

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

• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts
• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Understanding of how HPCSA practitioner and BHF practice numbers are used on claims

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

• 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.