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Administration Manager (Patient Services Manager)

Hillcrest

15 Apr 2024

Administration

The Administration Manager is responsible for the overall management of the Administration area. They will also be responsible for ensuring admissions and discharge of patients is done in a professional, friendly, and timeous manner as well as creating and maintaining a goodwill with doctors and liaison with nursing staff regarding bed bookings.

Responsibilities and Duties: 

  • Ensure staff admit patients in a professional, orderly manner and appropriate information is recorded
  • Ensure staff collect deposits and surcharges where applicable
  • Compliance with Group Policy and Procedures
  • To ensure a smooth flow in administration department at all times
  • To ensure that all timelines are consistently met
  • Oversee and streamline billing and collections processes
  • Month-end closing of the billing group information
  • Ensure adequate turn-around times are maintained
  • Ensure DNYB report is maintained and at an acceptable level
  • Plan and implement quality assurance for all processes
  • Billing planning and implementation
  • Oversee the case management function
  • Ensure cases are updated appropriated and per agreements with medical aid
  • Responsible for the credit controller function, and thus the control of the debtor’s ledger for medical aids, privates, COID, MVA and Foreign
  • Capacity to plan, organise and control own work environment by setting appropriate priorities and achieving set objectives within a given time frame
  • Ensure processes are in line with the working procedures and policies of BHPH.
  • Add Patient Complaints & Compliments Management

  • Grade 12 or equivalent NQF level 4 qualifications
  • Diploma in Nursing or B Degree Nursing
  • A tertiary qualification in Administration or Office Management or related, NQF 7 qualification would be advantageous

  • Minimum of 3 to 4 years’ experience in a Managerial position
  • Private Hospital and Case Management experience

  • Customer-oriented with exceptional interpersonal skills