Function
Patient services
Facility
KZN
Position
Billing Administrator
Introduction
An exciting new vacancy exists for an Administration Clerk based in KZN at specific Life Renal Stand-Alone Clinics reporting to the National Complementary Services Manage r - Renal - Patient Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end Administrative Journey and Billing Process of all Renal Dialysis Treatments- and Stock for Life Renal Care.
Critical Outputs
- Ensure that all renal patients are on-boarded onto the hospital management system accurately and timeously.
- Ensure that all haemodialysis treatment modalities and stock for Life Renal Care are authorised billed and submitted as described in the working process.
- Manage all renal treatment authorisations and escalations processes with schemes.
- Reconcile billing completed for treatment sessions and send to the relevant renal unit for sign off.
- Facilitate and support the renal units in sending authorisation requests for new Chronic Renal Dialysis patients.
- Monitor un-posted reports per renal unit to ensure billing is complete and claims are submitted by the agreed time after treatment is completed.
- Resolve payment queries and rejections within the agreed turnaround time to ensure timeous payments of all accounts.
- Manage data required by BI to support creation of the renal billing.
- Daily management of the renal billing error dashboard.
Requirements
Grade 12Computer literacy (Basic MS Office) is a requirementKnowledge of hospital processes working procedures and medical terminology will be an advantageExcellent communication skills & experience in dealing with external and internal customersExcellent problem-solving skillsTeamworkPrevious experience will be an advantageStrong customer service ethic and ability to organize plan and work under pressureKnowledge of medical aid funder rules will be an advantageStrong ability to reach KPIs as agreed at all timesExcellent state of healthThe ability to work under pressureThe ability to work very accuratelyCompetencies
Problem-solving analysis and judgementAttention to detailResilienceEngaging diversityProfessional and technical proficiencyExcellence orientationBuilding relationshipsCustomer responsivenessOrganisational awarenessAction orientationEthical behaviourEmail
Closing date
Friday November 14 2025
Internal applicants - Before making an application you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert should consider their application as unsuccessful.
Required Experience :
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
Time Management,Microsoft Office,Crystal Reports,EDI,Medical Coding,Microsoft Word,QuickBooks,Accounting,Medical Billing,Microsoft Excel,Administrative Experience,Contracts
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1