Administration Officer - Private Practice

Metro South Hospital and Health Service are looking for an Administration Officer – Private Practice to join their team. The Private Practice Unit employs staff to provide effective business support through administrative, scheduling and billing support services to ensure that the Private Practice activities within the District are administered effectively and in accordance with the relevant legislative and policy frameworks. The service is conducted through a centralised billing unit.

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.  

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role
The purpose of the role is to provide a broad range of administrative services to support operation of the Private Practice Department and its clinics.

• Ensure accurate scheduling of appointments (specialist clinics) by negotiating with patients, entering and updating data, reviewing and subsequently confirming bookings in a timely manner.
• Ensure the effective utilisation of information systems required to produce accounts from specialists' billing and generate receipts for payments by accurate input of data for processing.
• Provide accurate and timely input of data required by Medicare Australia by ensuring accurate information is processed from Medicare vouchers.
• Participate in the daily operational activities of the Private Practice clinics by acting in the patient reception and booking procedures.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).