- East Rand
- Salary: R8 000.00 Per Month
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Accounting Admin Medical
- Reference: PL2024
Vacancy Details
Employer: Foodfacts
Medical Laboratory is looking for an administrator in one of its Satellite Sites in Germiston, Mulbarton (Alberton / Johannesburg South area), to assist with practice management focusing on pathology testing.
It is a busy environment, and the successful candidate will have to be able to work in a high-pressure environment and have excellent multitasking skills.
Main duties will include:
- - Completing paperwork and forms relating to laboratory testing
- - Working with existing staff to retrieve patient information relating medical aid schemes and memberships
- - Working closely with staff to ensure that the test requirements are clearly communicated and marked correctly on the forms
- - Checking availability of funds on various medical aid electronic query systems
- - Ensuring that patients pay their accounts where there are outstanding accounts or short payments by Medical Aids
- - Building sustainable relationship with medical professionals, other administrator staff as well as patients
- - Effectively communicate with the Laboratory to collect samples and to release results
- - Printing Laboratory reports and advising that the results are available, and to put emphasis on the results
- - Working closely with the Laboratory Head Office to coordinate patient account management
- - Capturing data on the Laboratories computer system relating to account detail and test debiting
- Contacting patients regarding outstanding account and following up on payments.
Required Skills
- Collections: 1 year or less
- Admin Skills: 1 year or less
- Medical Aids: 1 year or less
Candidate Requirements
The following skills will be a benefit:
- English & Afrikaans-speaking – other African Lanuages and advantage
- Having a medical background and being able to collect samples (bloods; urine, swabs etc.,), with a focus on phlebotomy or nursing
- ICD-10 coding experience required with the collection of medical bills for medical practices
- Credit Control/debt collection within a medical bureau, performing collections on laboratory patient accounts
- Strong advantage will be given to individuals with background in Medical debt collections as well as experience in liasing with Medical Aid Schemes.
- Good computer skills
- Good money collection skills
- Good accounting / bookkeeping skills
- Previous medical administration experience i.e. medical debiting
Being a strong person, able to work diligently on their own while still working as part of a team
Qualifications:
- Matric as a minimum with preferable Biology, Science and Accounting
- Valid Driver's license and own reliable transport
Work hours will be Monday – Friday 0800 – 1700, with normal lunch and tea breaks. Saturday work will be required on a rotational basis.
The successful candidate will report directly to Laboratory Management and will be required to look after the companies interest while working in the doctors rooms.
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