Authorization Clerk

**Job Title**: Authorizations Clerk **(Temporary, 3-Month Contract)**

**Position Overview**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Initiate and manage authorization requests by contacting medical aids and ensuring timely approval for procedures and treatments.
- Coordinate theatre bookings, ensuring schedules align with doctor and hospital availability.
- Serve as a liaison between doctors, hospitals, and patients to facilitate seamless communication and ensure clarity regarding procedures, authorizations, and appointments.
- Engage with patients to provide necessary information, address queries, and offer support throughout the authorization and theatre booking process.
- Create and schedule follow-up appointments post-theatre, ensuring patients receive adequate post-operative care.
- Compile and maintain accurate theatre lists, including patient details, procedures, and necessary authorizations.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Proven experience in administrative roles within a healthcare setting, preferably in authorizations or theatre coordination.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, to effectively liaise with medical aids, doctors, hospitals, and patients.
- Exceptional organizational abilities with a keen eye for detail in managing authorizations, theatre bookings, and follow-up appointments.
- Proficiency in relevant software and systems used for scheduling, record-keeping, and authorization processing.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, work efficiently under pressure, and meet deadlines in a dynamic healthcare environment.
- A proactive and collaborative approach with a focus on delivering exceptional patient care.

**Additional Information**:
This is a **temporary role** based at **PAIN Panorama, Panorama Healthcare Centre, 2nd floor, Hennie Winterbach Street**.

**How to Apply**:
If you are enthusiastic about contributing to a dynamic healthcare environment and possess the necessary skills to excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. Join us in providing exceptional patient care and ensuring a smooth and efficient authorization and theatre booking process.

**Job Type**: Temporary
Contract length: 3 months

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Parow, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

**Location**:

- Parow, Western Cape (required)

Application Deadline: 2024/12/20