Medical receptionist and accounts assistant

About the position

A medical practice in Pinelands is seeking a medical receptionist and accounts assistant to ensure the effective and efficient running of the doctor's accounts whilst assisting with daily inbox and diary management.

Responsibilities:

• Welcome patients and load patient details on the online system
• Process payments and provide receipts to patients
• Prepare accounts and ensure accounts are sent timeously to patients
• Follow up and send reminders to patients where applicable
• Accurate payment allocations to patient accounts
• Reconcile accounts and follow up with any outstanding payments
• Handle any patient account queries
• Handle any medical aid (i.e Discovery) claims/queries
• Ensure medical aid payments are allocated accurately.
• Stock and inventory control and ordering of any new stock
• Management of Practice inbox daily
• Diary management
• Liaising with Dr regularly and assisting and support where required on an ad-hoc basis

Inherent requirement of the role:

• Tertiary qualification would be advantageous
• At least 2-5 years of experience working in a similar role at a family medical practice
• Experience working on Healthbridge and PracticePerfect
• MSOffice experience essential
• Own transport and a valid driver's license
• Attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task
• Friendly and approachable
• Professional
• Resilient
• Deadline driven

Candidates who meet the inherent requirements of the role are invited to apply online.

Desired Skills:

• Attention to detail
• Resilient
• Deadline driven
• Ability to multi task
• Follow up and follow through

Desired Work Experience:

• 2 to 5 years

Desired Qualification Level:

• Grade 12 / Matric

Employer & Job Benefits:

• Monthly remuneration package