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Patient Services Manager

Patient Services Manager

Abantu Staffing SolutionsCape Town, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Overview

Our Client in the Healthcare Industry is seeking a Patient Services Manager to join their team. The successful incumbent will be responsible for the management and co-ordination of patient services resources, processes and operations.

Minimum Requirements

  • Grade 12 / Matric
  • Relevant Nursing qualification, preferably Degree or Diploma as a registered nurse with proven Case Management and Coding Experience
  • 5 years of relevant private healthcare industry and people management experience
  • Current registration with the relevant professional / regulatory body
  • Understanding the private healthcare industry, its challenges and role players would be an advantage
  • Understanding the basic financial principles (i.e., budgets, credit management, planning)
  • Driver’s license and ability to travel

Job Responsibilities

Ensure effective quality management and customer care :

  • Monitoring and improving quality metrics
  • Managing data integrity and compliance to the company's working procedures
  • Developing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders
  • Ensure effective people management :

  • Demonstrating visible leadership skills in respect of the company's values, operating models and strategies to support diversity and transformation
  • Actively leading meetings and ensuring participation of all members to ensure ISO compliance
  • Ensuring quality staff members are recruited to fill approved vacancies following the company’s transformation objectives
  • Providing direction and inspiration to ensure staff are motivated and productive
  • Managing and reviewing training plans that are compliant to the company's WSP requirements to enable talent development
  • Managing the performance of staff through the performance improvement process
  • Ensuring all transactional processing is complete to provide employee compensation and benefits
  • Ensuring productive working relationships are supported with minimum IR issues
  • Ensuring all exit interviews are conducted to ensure the retention of staff
  • Managing people in a manner that respects diversity and ensures a fair work-life balance to ensure employee wellness
  • Ensure effective and accurate billing :

  • Driving the accurate and timely billing process to ensure DSO and Shaka targets are achieved
  • Managing the bill auditing process to achieve accurate billing data
  • Ensuring compliance with the clinical code of conduct to ensure the accurate interpretation of a patient event
  • Ensure effective interpretation and application of contracts and funder rules :

  • Managing the admissions department to ensure that they comply with the funder rules
  • Managing the collection of outstanding co-payments from patients
  • Reducing and managing the risk associated with RSRT’s by making recommendations regarding patient-based data
  • Facilitating effective cash flow management :

  • Implementing processes from pre-admission to submission of an account to ensure DSO targets are achieved
  • Implementing cash management processes to prevent losses
  • Ensure effective operational capabilities :

  • Managing and implementing business plans to ensure optimal functioning
  • Governance and risk management :

  • Preparing and ensuring sound audit compliance to achieve optimum business ethics
  • Participating and developing action plans within the risk management teams to implement the correct controls
  • Support tip-off investigations
  • Key Competencies / Skills :

  • Computer proficiency
  • Problem-solving, analysis, and judgement
  • Engaging diversity
  • Verbal and written communication and presentation
  • Excellence orientation
  • Building relationships
  • Customer responsiveness
  • Organisational awareness
  • Ethical behaviour
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