Practice Manager (Dental Practice)

At a private hospital admissions office in Johannesburg CBD, your job is clean files, correct codes and money that comes in on time. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

This post is Johannesburg CBD-based, with most of your time spent at a private hospital admissions office.

• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Take payments, issue receipts and balance the cash-up at close
• Book appointments and manage the doctor's diary on the practice software
• 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

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

• Experience with hospital case management and pre-auth
• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts

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

• Give numbers if you can, such as your rejection rate or how much you cut the 90-day debtors.
• Specialist rooms care about the discipline, so say if you've coded for surgeons, anaesthetists or radiologists.