Medical Receptionist / Administrator

Three Rivers Health; Ashburton; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Three Rivers Health in Ashburton, South Island, is seeking a part-time receptionist/administrator to join our friendly, fast-paced practice. You will be the first point of contact for patients and visitors, handling front-desk duties and telephony services.

Ideal candidates have reception and admin experience, good IT skills, and a calm, accurate approach in a busy environment. Training is provided for our patient management system, invoicing, enrolments, and basic accounting.

Qualifications

• Reception & administration experience preferred.
• Medical practice experience preferred.
• Competent IT skills.
• Arriving & greeting patients and visitors.
• Invoicing and collecting fees.
• New patient enrolments.
• Scanning & allocating email messages & medical documents.
• Invoicing & general accounting.
• Friendly & positive nature.
• NZ residency or valid work visa required.

Responsibilities

• Reception & administration duties in a busy practice.
• Greet patients and visitors at the front desk and on the phone.
• Invoicing and collecting fees from patients.
• Process new patient enrolments and update records.
• Scan and allocate email messages and medical documents.
• Invoicing and general accounting tasks.

Skills

Reception experience

IT skills

Communication skills

Invoicing

Team player

Tools

Patient Management System

Job description

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Three Rivers Health – Ashburton, South Island

Tenei turanga - About the role:

Three Rivers Health is a friendly, fast paced, well-established practice, and we are looking for a part time receptionist/administrator to join our Team.

The reception team is a pivotal component of the general practice team as they are the first point of contact with patients and visitors on the front-line reception and telephony services.

Mou | About you:

In the role you will be required to perform the following tasks and duties however a full job description is available.

• Reception & administration experience preferred.
• Medical practice experience preferred.
• Competent IT Skills.
• Arriving & Greeting patients and visitors.
• Invoicing and collecting fees.
• New patient enrolments.
• Scanning & allocating email messages & medical documents.
• Invoicing & general accounting.
• Friendly & positive nature.
• Able to work in a busy, fast paced environment.

Skills and Experience:

• A passion for delivering excellent administrative services to assist the team and our patients.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• A high level of accuracy, confidentiality, and a strong work ethic.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage relationships at all levels.
• An interest in contributing to a positive team culture and being part of ‘the Team'.
• An understanding of Cultural Safety, Cultural Competence & Te Tiriti o Waitangi is desirable.
• Experience in working within a Patient Management System is desirable (however full training and on-going support is provided).
• Candidates must have NZ residency or valid Work Visa.
• The ideal candidate must be able to work between 08:00 and 18:00 three days per week, being set as Monday, Thursday and Friday, including school holidays.

Ko wai matou - Our Organisation:

Three Rivers Health is a part of South Link Health Services and we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and that means people from all the communities we serve are being represented in our Kaimahi/ Staff. We want to see the real you in your application and should you be successful at the time of your interview. Three Rivers Health acknowledges and respect iwi diversity and spiritual needs. We are Whanau orientated and have a supportive environment. We particularly welcome applications from Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.