Patient Service Associate (PSC)(4971)

1. Job Purpose

Patient Service Associate is to manage and provide frontline patient services such as patient admission, in-flight / discharge billing consultation, modes of payment consultation, general enquiries handling, birth registration and cashiering.

1. Duties and Responsibilities
2. Primary duties and responsibilities (80%)

- Pre-Admission Administration

- Works with Bed Management Unit (BMU) to monitor the availability of beds for elective inpatients prior to admission.

- Coordinates with the doctors / Specialist Outpatient Clinics to manage patients when elective admissions are cancelled

- Admission Administration

- Conducts financial counseling for admitting patients to explain on the charges are derived and how the bills would be financed.

- Assists the patients to complete the various modes of payment forms.

- In-flight / Discharge Administration

- Assists patients / next-of-kin to understand the bills and settle the outstanding payment.

- Assists needy patients by referring them to Business Office / Medical Social Workers Department for financial assistance schemes.

- Works with PSC's Bill Monitoring Team (BMT) to manage patients outstanding bills.

- Handling of General Enquiries

- Assists patients / next-of-kin / general public on general / non-clinical / non-medical issues over the counters / telephone.

- Administration Work

- Performs IP Tagging function.

- Performs posting of charges for in-flight patients.

- Performs settlement for NETS / Credit Card transactions daily.

- Performs proper handover to Finance Department daily.

- Reply to the primary email daily.

- Birth Registration

- Assists informants to register the newborn's birth application.

- Collects the payment for the birth registration services.

- Administrates the Baby Bonus Forms and collates the relevant statistics as required by ICA.

1. Secondary roles and responsibilities (20%)

- Rotational Duties

• A&E Admission Management Duties
• Processes A&E files of patients who are just warded.
• Follows-up with emergency in-patients on modes of payment as soon as they are admitted.
• Meeting Secretariat Duties
• Performs as meeting secretariat for PSC Team Leaders.
  Performs as meeting secretariat for PSC Staff Meetings.
  
• Training / Coaching Duties
• Conducts Ancillary Induction Program (AIP) training for the hospital's new hires on rotational basis.
  
• Stationeries Ordering Duties
• Performs ordering of stocks for the entire PSC.
  Monitors the stock level for the entire PSC.
  

- System Testing Duties

• Involves as a user to assist PSC Management in testing enhanced features of the various computer systems.
  

- Performs daily housekeeping of the reception areas and workstations, in order to maintain a professional image and neatness of the work place

- Guides new hires on the SOPs and workflows.

- Takes a proactive role in participating in internal PSC projects.

- Performs ad-hoc duties as directed from PSC Management.

3. The Requirements

- GCE A Level or Diploma Holder.

- Proficient in writing, communication and presentation skill.

- Good knowledge in computer.

- A pleasant personality with good working attitude.

- Able to work independently.

Working hours

4 day work week

Mon-Fri (any 4 days)

9am - 8pm

Every month

Rostered for a 9-6pm (weekday) or 9-2pm x2 (sat or sun)