Administration Clerk: Patient

About the role

The Department of Health (Limpopo) is hiring 8 Administration Clerk: Patient posts. This is a permanent post, paying R237,453 a year. How to apply: The circular of advertised vacant posts will be posted on the following websites: https://erecruitment.limpopo.gov.za/, www.ldoh.gov.za, www.dpsa.gov.za and Provincial Department social media. Applicants must apply on the following website: https://erecruitment.limpopo.gov.za/ Closing date: 06 November 2026 Use the new Z83 form and attach a detailed CV.

Responsibilities

• Capturing patients’ information on PHIS/DHIS and maintain any other required health information in the relevant information system in accordance with the policies of the department.
• Ensure that ICD10 codes are captured for each diagnosis against each patient.
• Admission and discharge of patients.
• Maintain patient appointments and schedule them accordingly.
• Ensuring that all admitted patients are correctly and timeously discharged in the system as per discharge registers/patient file.
• Perform inter-wards and inter-hospitals patient transfers.
• Manage the movement of patient file in the area of responsibility.
• Billing of services rendered [procedures, pharmaceutical, laboratory tests, blood services etc.] to patients in the allocated area of responsibility in line with ICD-10 coding and UPFS.
• Process preparation of patient invoices.
• Ensuring that the number of patients admitted in the system reconciles with all hospital patient admission & discharge registers. [Reconcile patients ’statistics].
• Followup and trace accounts outstanding according to policies and procedures.
• Ward Administration and provide ward statistics.
• Typing of Reports.
• Filing and record keeping and any other records related activities.
• Provide any other related administrative functions as required from time to time.

Requirements

• Qualifications and Experience: A National Senior Certificate/Grade 12 /Matric plus NQF level 6 in Financial Management/Accounting/Cost Management Accounting or equivalent qualification at NQF level 6 as recognized by the South African Qualifications Authority [SAQA].
• Inherent requirements of job:
• Must be prepared to work shifts (including night duty, weekends and public holidays)
• Computer literacy including MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Literacy in virtual meeting platforms
• Willingness to work extra hours on short notice
• A valid driver's license except for people with disabilities
• Knowledge And Skills:
• Administrative duties
• Knowledge of record keeping and archive procedures/patient billing
• Ability to accept accountability and responsibility and to work independently and unsupervised