Medical Billing Clerk - Midrand

Thermo Fisher Scientific; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking Medical Information Specialists to enhance patient health through effective communication. In this dynamic role, you will provide accurate medical information to healthcare professionals and patients, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. You'll engage with a diverse team of healthcare professionals, contributing to the mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. This position offers a unique opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment, where your contributions will directly impact health outcomes globally. If you're passionate about healthcare and eager to make a difference, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Degree in a medical or life science field is essential.
• Fluency in French and great communication skills in English required.

Responsibilities

• Respond to medical inquiries using client approved resources.
• Document adverse events and product complaints in compliance with guidelines.
• Maintain knowledge of project and corporate policies.

Skills

Fluency in French

Communication Skills

Customer Service Orientation

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Education

Degree in a medical related field

Degree in life science (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Biology)

Tools

Computer Systems

Job description

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.

Division Specific Information

Within Medical Communications, we improve patient health by supplying medical information services to our customers, patients and healthcare providers. We engage with healthcare professionals, regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical customers to help them navigate regulatory and compliance requirements around the world. We run medical information inquiries, document adverse events and product complaints, report product launches, prepare standard responses to inquiries and develop process improvements for customer implementation.

Discover Impactful Work:

PPD is looking for Medical Information Specialists for its growing Medical Communications department.

Start a career you will enjoy!

Join a team of energetic healthcare professionals supporting one or more pharmaceutical / biotech companies.

As a front-line specialist in our medical information contact center you will represent PPD and the client(s) by providing concise, accurate and non-promotional information regarding the client’s medicinal products or devices to healthcare professionals and patients.

A day in the Life:

1. Receiving medical information enquiries through various communication channels and documenting them in the appropriate database.
2. Triaging and responding to the medical enquiries using client approved resources.
3. Identifying, capturing, reporting, and following up on adverse events and product complaints in compliance with established timelines and organizational, client and regulatory guidelines.
4. Maintaining and demonstrating advanced knowledge of project and corporate policies and procedures.
5. Attending team and client meetings.
6. Performing assigned peer quality reviews.
7. Performing other ad-hoc activities according to PPD and client procedures.

Education:

A degree in a medical related field or life science degree (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Biology).

Fluency in French verbal and written.

Great communication skills in English.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

1. Capability to efficiently use computer systems (hardware and software).
2. Organizational and time management skills.
3. Customer service oriented - compassionate, empathetic, patient.
4. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
5. Ability to maintain a positive and professional manner in challenging circumstances.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.