Administration Clerk: Patient Administration (Level 5) at Limpopo Department of Health

Salary: R 237,453.00 per annum

Reference No: LDOH 73/46 Nkhensani Hospital

Key Performance Areas

• Capturing patients’ information on PHIS/DHIS and maintain any other required health information in the relevant information system in accordance with the policies of the department.
• Ensure that ICD10 codes are captured for each diagnosis against each patient. Admission and discharge of patients. Maintain patient appointments and schedule them accordingly. Ensuring that all admitted patients are correctly and timeously discharged in the system as per discharge registers/patient file. Perform inter-wards and inter-hospitals patient transfers.
• Manage the movement of patient file in the area of responsibility. Billing of services rendered [procedures, pharmaceutical, laboratory tests, blood services etc.] to patients in the allocated area of responsibility in line with ICD-10 coding and UPFS.
• Process preparation of patient invoices. Ensuring that the number of patients admitted in the system reconciles with all hospital patient admission & discharge registers. [Reconcile patients ’statistics]. Follow-up and trace accounts outstanding according to policies and procedures. Ward Administration and provide ward statistics. Typing of Reports. Filing and record keeping and any other records related activities. Provide any other related administrative functions as required from time to time

Prerequisites

• A National Senior Certificate / Grade 12 / Matric plus NQF level 6 in Financial Management / Accounting / Cost Management Accounting or equivalent qualification at NQF level 6 as recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority [SAQA].
• Inherent requirements of job: Must be prepared to work shifts (including night duty, weekends and public holidays). Computer literacy including MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint; Literacy in virtual meeting platforms. Willingness to work extra hours on short notice. A valid driver's license except for people with disabilities.

Person Profile

• Administrative duties.
• Knowledge of record keeping/archive procedures/patient billing.
• Ability to accept accountability and responsibility and to work independently and unsupervised.