Patient Services Officer - HC - Practice Support

Advara HeartCare group; Albion; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional annual leave

12 weeks parental leave

Job summary

Advara HeartCare group is seeking an energetic Patient Service Officer to provide friendly administrative support, manage appointments, and coordinate billing across cardiovascular services. The role involves front-desk duties, liaison with clinicians, and ensuring accurate data entry with privacy compliance.

Based in Clayfield with occasional travel to other Brisbane sites, you will contribute to a high standard of patient care and service delivery within a supportive team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient-facing healthcare administration.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience with medical billing (Medicare/DVA) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients and manage front-desk workflow across sites.
• Schedule and coordinate appointments for multiple Specialists.
• Collect and verify patient information with privacy in mind.
• Handle high volume patient enquiries by phone and email.
• Coordinate billing and receipting to patients, Medicare and DVA.

Skills

Patient care

Customer service

Organisation

Communication

Billing & receipting

Medicare & DVA billing

Phone etiquette

Data entry

Privacy & compliance

Job description

Want to improve Australia’s heart health? Our team is our impact and our future. Join us and help move Australia’s heart health and your career forward.

Our Best Starts with You!

We are seeking an energetic and professional individual to join our busy clinic.

Also known as the Patient Service Officer you are responsible for providing friendly administrative support to our staff and clinicians, booking and rescheduling testing, liaising with hospital staff and doctors.

This role reports directly to the Practice Manager and supports our vibrant team who are passionate about customer service and working collaboratively.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated ability to provide excellent patient care and customer service, ideally in a medical/healthcare environment
• Strong organisation and communication skills, with the ability to efficiently work as a proactive member of a multi-disciplinary team and the ability to nurture positive connections with patients.
• Experience in billing/receipting medical accounts, Medicare and DVA billing
• Exceptional phone manner and ability to handle a high volume of patient enquiries
• High attention to detail and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

Your impact, with us

As our highly valued Patient Service Officer, you’ll use your skills and expertise to provide quality care to patients with a wide range of cardiovascular conditions.

Primarily based in Clayfield but will require occasional travel to cover other sites in Brisbane such as Sandford Jackson and Wesley Testing centre as you’ll play a crucial role in delivering quality reception and administrative services that meet the highest professional and company standards. Your dedication will ensure that our patients, referrers, and customers receive the professional, caring, and friendly service they deserve.

You’ll make a meaningful impact by:

• Act as the first point of contact and greeting patients on arrival
• Managing patient appointments for numerous Specialists across multiple sites
• Collect patient information, maintaining patient privacy and accurate data entry
• Manage a large volume of patient telephone enquiries
• Coordinate the billing and receipting of accounts to patients, Medicare and DVA
• Liaising with Specialists, Nurses, Cardiac Physiologists and peers.
• Work efficiently in a fast-paced administrative role where patient care is our focus
• Check patient GP referrals with Medicare, ensuring data accuracy
• Timely processing of correspondence to referrers and patients
• Respond to incoming phone calls promptly and provide a professional service in line with expectations
• Work with colleagues and other administrative staff to achieve efficient and effective management of medical appointments and other related clinical information via the Health Track system
• Booking and confirming patients for tests and consultations.

Why Advara HeartCare

We’re a values-driven organisation where every person matters. Because whatever your role here, you are our impact, and you are our future.

At Advara HeartCare, we care, we work together, we advance, and we deliver. When you join us, you’ll discover meaningful work, a welcoming and supportive team culture, and the opportunity to help shape our journey to something that’s even better.

Here are some of the things we hope you’ll love about working with us:

• Your impact, with us.
• Your growth, with us.
• Your voice, with us.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits

• The opportunity to work for one of the most influential healthcare providers, pioneering the way for innovation in cardiac diagnostics and treatment
• Work with a connected, collaborative team
• Create the work-life balance you need with flexible work arrangements and the option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Range of benefits such as 12 weeks paid parental leave

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