Medical Front Desk Administrator (GP Practice)

At a busy general practice in Kempton Park, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

Location: Kempton Park, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Send monthly statements and age the debtors book
• Chase short payments with medical schemes and patients
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions

• 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

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

• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• 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.
• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.