Cashier at St. Theresa’s Mission Hospital

To coordinate activities related to admission/discharge of patients in the hospital while providing a courteous and efficient service ensuring that all patient information is accurately collected and recorded within the designated electronic information systems

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities are:

• The cashier is tasked with receiving payments from clients through the facilities approved payment platforms.
• Issuing official receipts for all cash transactions
• Collect revenue by recording financial information; collect charges for services; and record third party claims.
• Generating invoices for relevant clients e.g. insured clients seeking services.
• Understand insurance packages and make necessary documents available to insurance agents when the need arises.
• Ensure appropriate insurance guidelines are followed when providing services to clients e.g. verification of identity, running smart cards appropriately.
• Receiving and managing all transactions from patients and ensuring effective reconciliations.
• Warmly receive and ably guide patients in relation to hospital’s services, charges, and general enquiries.
• Responsible for documenting revenues received by ensuring correct receipting or invoicing as per the transaction being performed.
• Responsible for compiling and reporting the revenue collected at the end of each business day, using approved reporting templates.
• Undertake daily administrative tasks to ensure the functionality and coordination of the facility

 Knowledge and Skills Required:

The jobholder must possess;

• A Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in Business Administration or Finance from a recognized institution.
• A minimum CPA II qualification
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a hospital setup
• Must demonstrate high integrity and ethical practice
• Must demonstrate ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Must be a team player who is able to work cordially in teams
• Must demonstrate ability to multitask.
• Attention to detail
• Must demonstrate commitment to operational effectiveness
• Should have ability to solve problems by applying relevant business knowledge
• Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages