Practice Manager (Dental Practice) – Fixed-Term

Patients meet you first at this medical billing bureau in Kathu, so calm and clear matters. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

Location: Kathu, Northern Cape. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Code consultations and procedures with ICD-10 and CCSA or NHRPL tariffs
• Keep patient records locked and share them only with written consent
• Open patient files and capture consent forms in line with POPIA
• Submit claims electronically and work through the rejection report daily
• Request pre-authorisation for scans, procedures and admissions
• Answer the phones and send clinical questions to the right nurse or doctor

• Friendly on the phone and firm about outstanding accounts
• At least 2 years in a medical practice, hospital or billing bureau
• You keep patient information private, every time
• Sound knowledge of ICD-10 coding and medical aid tariff codes
• Matric
• Experience on a practice system such as GoodX, Elixir, Medinol or Healthbridge

• Worked for a specialist discipline such as radiology, anaesthesia or orthopaedics
• Medical terminology or clinical coding certificate
• Bookkeeping basics or Pastel knowledge for practice accounts

• Free medical consultations for staff at some practices
• Normal practice hours with most weekends off
• Parking on site

• 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.