About the Role
The Patient Accounts Assistant provides high-quality administrative and financial support to the Patient Accounts team. This role focuses on daily financial administration, prompt query resolution, and workflow management, with a clear professional development pathway to master health fund billing and provide comprehensive team coverage.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily banking, reconcile patient and hospital accounts, and manage the daily batching of incidental costs.
- Action incoming emails and professionally manage telephone inquiries from patients, health funds, and internal stakeholders.
- Monitor and action the ECLIPSE queue to ensure efficient electronic health fund claiming and processing.
- Actively learn end-to-end health fund billing practices to progressively assist and provide backup to the broader accounts team.
Requirements
- Previous experience in medical administration, patient accounts, or basic bookkeeping/reconciliation.
- Familiarity with medical billing systems or exposure to the ECLIPSE platform is highly advantageous.
- Strong numerical accuracy, attention to detail, and a proactive willingness to learn complex health fund billing.
- Excellent communication skills with a customer-centric approach to phone and email inquiries.
- Must provide or complete a National Police Check conducted within the previous 12 months.
- Ramsay may require a proof of immunisation against infectious diseases.
Location
- Kogarah, Sydney
Work Type
- Permanent
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Entry-level
- Mid-level
Benefits
- Recognition programs
- Employee referral bonuses
- Scholarships
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning
- Ramsay Leadership Academy
- Ramsay Rewards (exclusive deals at 100+ retailers, restaurants, travel providers)
- Lower hospital cover costs
- Higher extras limits on services like General and Major Dental
- Pharmacy and allied health discounts
- Flexible rostering options
- Flexible leave
- Free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support 24/7
- Salary packaging
- Novated leasing
- Discounts on leisure travel, gyms and lifestyle services
About the Company
- St George Private Hospital, located in Kogarah, Sydney, is widely recognized as one of the most modern and technologically advanced private hospitals in New South Wales.
- As a premier facility within the Ramsay Health Care network, it features a major tertiary cardiovascular center, a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, and a comprehensive range of complex surgical specialties.
- The hospital functions as a key teaching facility, maintaining strong academic and research partnerships to deliver cutting-edge clinical outcomes.
- Dedicated to patient-centered care, St George Private Hospital consistently combines world-class medical expertise with premium hospitality and support services.
Equal Opportunity
- Ramsay Health Care is committed to Child Safety. Details of our commitment are set out in our Code of Conduct, available at www.ramsayhealth.com.au.
