Healthcare Collections Clerk

Overview

Join Our Finance Team. Are you a focused, detail-driven collections professional with experience in the healthcare sector? We’re looking for a Healthcare Collections Clerk who is confident working with GoodX, Medical Aids, and Xero, and who excels at maintaining accurate debtor accounts and ensuring timely collections. 40 - 60 accounts per day. If you thrive in a high-energy environment and want to support the financial strength of our Allied Healthcare practices, we’d love to hear from you.

Faircape Health — a division of the Faircape Group — manages advanced Allied Healthcare services across our luxury lifestyle villages. Our practitioners rely on efficient, compliant collections processes to support quality patient care, and we’re strengthening our team with a dedicated Healthcare Collections Clerk.

• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Above market-related salaries
• Long service leave
• Onsite Barista – Free daily coffee
• Subsidised vending snacks
• Discounted Faircom ISP packages
• Flexible working hours (06:30–18:30)
• Subsidised parking
• Modern offices opposite Cavendish Square, Claremont

• Healthcare Collections – Manage end-to-end collections for Allied Healthcare debtor accounts.
• Follow up on outstanding Medical Aid and private patient balances.
• Engage with Medical Aid administrators to resolve short payments or delays.
• Track, record, and escalate overdue accounts when required.

• Work daily on GoodX to track claims, remittances, and shortfalls.
• Understand Medical Aid processes, rules, remittance advice, and patient responsibility amounts.
• Process and reconcile payments through Xero, ensuring accuracy.

• Maintain accurate debtor profiles and documentation.
• Update contact details, payment notes, collection progress, and disputes.
• Prepare files for external collection agencies where required.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports on debtors and collection performance.

• Diploma or certificate in Finance, Accounting, Credit Management, or related (advantageous).
• Healthcare collections or medical practice finance experience (strong advantage).

• Strong working experience with GoodX
• Medical Aid debt processes
• Xero (advantageous)

• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, and organisational discipline.
• Ability to work through high-volume accounts with speed and precision.
• Professional communication skills with patients, practitioners, and medical aids.
• Resilience when following up on overdue accounts.

• Solid and positive references
• Clear health record
• Clear credit record
• No criminal record

Standard hours are Monday to Friday, 08h00 – 17h00, with a 45-minute lunch. Flexible start/end times between 06h30 and 18h30 are available with managerial approval.

Our modern offices are conveniently located opposite Cavendish Square in Claremont, Cape Town.

If you’re ready to bring your skills to an expanding team that values dedication, accuracy, and growth — especially in the vital healthcare sector — we’d love to hear from you.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please note your application is unsuccessful