Medical Billing and Collection Accounts Assistant

Due to business expansion, an opportunity has arisen for a Medical Practice Accounts Assistant/Credit Control Assistant to join our hardworking and successful team in East Farleigh, Maidstone. KMS Professionals provide a stress free private practice management service to medical consultants. As part of the accounts team you will form close relationships with both practice managers who are based on site and your allocated consultants to ensure that a full and efficient billing and collection service is delivered. You will be an integral part of the business; ensuring that our consultants’ invoices are raised accurately and in a timely manner, and are paid on time by patients, insurers, embassies, solicitors and hospitals. After probation, there is the option for hybrid working. Experience in a medical billing or credit control position would be an advantage but is not essential and full and comprehensive training is given. Essential Skills: - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Tenacity and confidence is key whilst also being able to exercise an empathetic approach - Ability to work on your own initiative and make informed and considered decisions - You must be highly organised; able to work to time frames and remain calm in pressured situations - Strong attention to detail; ensuring payments are allocated correctly - Good telephone manner, using this as an effective method to chase outstanding accounts - Computer literate; knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook This is a team environment and whilst you have Consultants that you are allocated and ultimately responsible for, the whole team work closely together and support each other. Duties will include: - Raising invoices on our practice management software to patients, insurers, solicitors, hospitals and embassies. - Taking payments over the telephone - Investigating anomalies with invoices or payments and informing colleagues and patients when necessary - Allocating payments from remittances to patient records on our practice management software - Conducting full monthly chases for consultants as well as regularly chasing patients as they reach their payment deadlines following our procedures for each stage Here at KMS we value our employees so offer the following benefits: - Profit Share - Subsidised private medical insurance - Free parking - Pension Scheme - 25 days Holiday - Comprehensive and supportive in house training programme - Regular developmental appraisals and review PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO KIMS HOSPITAL **Working hours**: Mon - Fri, 37.5 hrs per week between 8am-6pm **Salary**: from £21,500 pa depending on experience **Salary**: From £21,500.00 per year **Benefits**: - Company pension - On-site parking - Private medical insurance - Profit sharing Schedule: - Day shift - Monday to Friday Supplemental pay types: - Bonus scheme Work Location: One location