Billing and Administration Officer Strathfield Private Hospital Ramsay Health location Sydney.

Work for Australia’s’ Leading Private Health Care Provider. Utilise your Medical Administration experience to grow your career across our National Network. Working across our Billings & Admin teams, bringing diversity to your working week. We are seeking a customer focused administrative professional to join our team as a Billing & Administration Officer in this Permanent Part-time opportunity (minimum 48 hours per fortnight) based at  Strathfield Private Hospital.

About the role this opportunity will see you join our team based at Strathfield Private Hospital and supported by the centralised billing hub, whilst also assisting our administration team with a variety of admin roles. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective coordination of the billing and associated administrative functions of your assigned hospitals. You will be the primary contact for the Billing hub on behalf of the hospital.

This will see you liaise and communicate directly with the billing hub, patients, health funds, doctors, hospital administration and hospitals management regarding patient account and payment enquiries. As a key point of contact for our patients and their families you will strive to deliver an exceptional customer service experience for all in line with our Ramsay Core Values.

About you to succeed in this role, you will have prior administrative and billings experience, preferably from within the health care industry. You will also demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills which enable you to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels. You will be an organised individual with the ability to effectively carry out your responsibilities in a timely manner and meet strict deadlines. The ability to work in a team and autonomously with minimum supervision is a must as is the ability to maintain patient confidentiality, ensure attention to detail and demonstrate accurate data entry skills.

You will also bring proven experience in administration, preferably in the Health Industry. Intermediate computer skills. Intermediate Microsoft Excel Knowledge (desirable). Experience with banking and reconciliation of petty cash (desirable). Knowledge on health funds contracts and Medicare (desirable). Experience in Meditech or other patient management/billing software (desirable).

About the organisation strathfield private hospital has been servicing the community of Sydney’s inner west for over 30 years and is owned by global hospital group Ramsay Health Care. We cater for a broad range of health care needs from day surgery procedures to highly complex surgery. Our facilities encompass 84 beds, 7 operating theatres, 1 endoscopy suite, 1 cardiac catheterisation lab, a 10 bed Intensive Care Unit and a Day Surgery Unit. We also have onsite radiology, pathology, café and specialist consulting suites.

The Hospital is operated by Ramsay Health Care, a global operator of private hospitals and primary care clinics with 72 Australian sites employing over 30,000 people. Ramsay focuses on maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety, being an employer of choice, and operating its business according to The Ramsay Way philosophy: "People Caring for People".

Requirements everyone who joins ramsay must be vaccinated against Covid-19 a vaccine approved by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation. Must provide a National Police check conducted within the previous 12 months. According to the role, Ramsay may require a Working-With-Children check and proof of immunisation against infectious diseases.