Medical Billing Clerk (Specialist Rooms)

Every claim you code correctly at this private hospital admissions office in Vanderbijlpark gets paid faster. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

Home base is a private hospital admissions office on the Vanderbijlpark side of Gauteng. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor

• Confident with Excel and email
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• Matric

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

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

• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.
• Keep your cover note short and error-free; front desk jobs are judged on how neatly you communicate.