Finance Clerk - Toronto, Canada - Humber River Health

Humber River Health

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Profile:

Humber River Health. Lighting New Ways In Healthcare.

Since opening our doors in 2015 as North America's first fully digital hospital and we remain unwavering in our belief that we can change the hospital where we work, the community where we live, and the world of healthcare beyond our borders.

Serving a community of 850,000 residents in North West Toronto, Equity Inclusivity and active participation in the North West Toronto Ontario Health Team are key initiatives important to our Team.

At Humber River Health, we use a custom combination of technology and clinical expertise to rebuild elements of care.

We make technology work for staff and physicians; giving them more time to spend with patients, to eliminate inefficiencies, and to reduce the chance of errors.

Humber River Health is formally affiliated with both the University of Toronto and Queen's University and committed to becoming a community academic hospital.

Clinical Excellence, Optimizing Care through Technology and Community Connection frame our Research Strategy.

At Humber River Health, we're not hoping for a renaissance, we are making it happen. As part of our dynamic team, you can lead the way, as we continue our journey towards high reliability care

We are currently seeking a
Finance Clerk - Accounts Receivable to join our Finance team
.

Hours of work:
Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Employee Group:

NOWU

Hourly rate:
$26.623-$27.513

Position Responsibilities

Perform all accounting functions related to billing, adjustments and collections for all types of hospital related revenues, including OHIP, Insurance, WSIB, Federal government, other province billing, ambulance billing, and other patient and sundry billing on a timely basis
Creating and processing of transaction batches in Meditech for charges, receipts, adjustments, refunds
Answering patient and client inquiries in a calm, patient and courteous manner.
Update patient demographics and insurance information to ensure accurate billings
Obtain credit/debit card payments over telephone upon patient request
Prints bills, statements and checks for accuracy prior to sending to patients/ clients
Sort mail and distribute to Finance staff
Coverage of other Finance clerk tasks as per operational requirements
Cross train team members
Work with other team members to coordinate responsibilities, and prioritize tasks, ensuring all important deadlines are met
Shares with other clerks the responsibility of return mail
Provides excellent customer service to patients, families, hospital staff, Doctors' offices and employers, internal and external stakeholders, using appropriate communication methods to respond in a timely, helpful, and courteous manner
Responds to all types of billing and payment inquiries in a calm, patient, and courteous manner. Inquiries may be professional, personal or on the phone for patients, families and insurance companies
Reports promptly any accident or incident to the Manager and cooperates fully in all investigations
Practices good safety and housekeeping habits and demonstrates familiarity with disaster, fire, and bombthreat procedures
Prepares bank deposits, process remote cheque deposit and post to the B/AR module, daily.
Collects payments from all outpatient clinics, emergency, medical imaging locations
Balance days' work and post activity to B/AR module daily.
Posting of selected client, patient, insurance payments, as required
Ensure all client accounts are balanced at month end.
Issues monthly parking passes, student ID badges, as requested.
Verification of insurance coverage, procedure rates from internal departments
Maintain coin/cash orders
Maintain and release patient valuables, ensuring a safe mechanism for storage and recording of all valuables received according to hospital policy.
All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

College Diploma including Accounting course
Good knowledge of Meditech with focus on B/AR system required
2 years' work experience in Accounting and dealing with customers and billing issues, preferably in a hospital Meditech environment
Data Entry and mathematical aptitude required
Excellent command of English language—both oral and written
Ability to interact successfully with other staff
Ability to work independently
Mathematical aptitude
Working knowledge of Accounting
Ability to prioritize workload to meet deadlines
Excellent attendance and discipline free record required

Why choose Humber River Health?
At Humber River Health, our staff, physicians, and volunteers are lighting new ways in healthcare. We are proud to be recognized as a part of Greater Toronto's Top Employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. We support employees by providing evidence-based leadership and cultivating a culture that consistently wows as a Huron Consulting hospital. We are a member of the Toronto Academic