Function
Patient services
Facility
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital
Position
Admission Supervisor
Introduction
A vacancy exists for an Admission Supervisor based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital reporting the PatientServices Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Admissions and Reception environment to ensure that all Patient services and risk management protocols and procedures are complied with and strategic objectives are met by supervising motivating and supporting direct reportees.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring effective people management by
- Actively sponsoring initiatives and demonstrate visible leadership skill in order to improve productivity and support change
- Developing a resourcing plan in order to recruit talented staff in accordance with agreed time periods taking into account company transformation objectives
- Providing direction and inspire positive work behavior
- Developing and manage training plans for each department in order to facilitate talent development
- Managing performance ratings for all staff through the performance improvement process
- Ensuring all transactional processing is managed by the relevant department head in order to provide employee compensation and benefits
- Ensuring productive working relationships are supported with minimum IR issues
- Ensuring all exit interviews are conducted in order to ensure the retention of critical and talented professional staff
Ensuring effective patient data and billing processes by
- Ensuring the admissions clerks utilize the billing process in accordance with Life standards and ensure data is accurate
- Ensuring effective governance financial and risk management
- Ensuring that all pre-payments and co-payments are collected on admissions in order to effectively manage cash flow
- Managing operation costs in accordance with the budget
- Managing cash handling protocol in terms with LHC policies and procedures
- Actively participate in achieving hospital DSO targets
- Ensuring full compliance to National medical regulations
Requirements- Grade 12
- Experience within a private healthcare environment including people management and customer service experience
- Working knowledge of funder rules and a general understanding of medical terminology
- Comprehensive knowledge of admissions procedures
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Basic understanding of financial principles
- Computer proficiency
- Interview will be based on a pre-assessment
Competencies- Leading by example
- Ability to set goals and standards for self and team
- Problem solving conflict resolution
- Verbal & written communication
- Critical Thinking analysis and judgement
- Organisational Awareness
- Excellence Orientation
- Persuading and Influencing
- Engaging diversity
- Building relationships & networking
- Ethical behaviour (honesty)
Email
Closing date
Friday February 20 2026
Internal applicants - Before making an application you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert should consider their application as unsuccessful. Required Experience:
Manager
FunctionPatient services FacilityLife Wilgeheuwel HospitalPositionAdmission Supervisor IntroductionA vacancy exists for an Admission Supervisor based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital reporting the PatientServices Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Admissions and Rece...
Function
Patient services
Facility
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital
Position
Admission Supervisor
Introduction
A vacancy exists for an Admission Supervisor based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital reporting the PatientServices Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Admissions and Reception environment to ensure that all Patient services and risk management protocols and procedures are complied with and strategic objectives are met by supervising motivating and supporting direct reportees.
Critical Outputs
Ensuring effective people management by
- Actively sponsoring initiatives and demonstrate visible leadership skill in order to improve productivity and support change
- Developing a resourcing plan in order to recruit talented staff in accordance with agreed time periods taking into account company transformation objectives
- Providing direction and inspire positive work behavior
- Developing and manage training plans for each department in order to facilitate talent development
- Managing performance ratings for all staff through the performance improvement process
- Ensuring all transactional processing is managed by the relevant department head in order to provide employee compensation and benefits
- Ensuring productive working relationships are supported with minimum IR issues
- Ensuring all exit interviews are conducted in order to ensure the retention of critical and talented professional staff
Ensuring effective patient data and billing processes by
- Ensuring the admissions clerks utilize the billing process in accordance with Life standards and ensure data is accurate
- Ensuring effective governance financial and risk management
- Ensuring that all pre-payments and co-payments are collected on admissions in order to effectively manage cash flow
- Managing operation costs in accordance with the budget
- Managing cash handling protocol in terms with LHC policies and procedures
- Actively participate in achieving hospital DSO targets
- Ensuring full compliance to National medical regulations
Requirements- Grade 12
- Experience within a private healthcare environment including people management and customer service experience
- Working knowledge of funder rules and a general understanding of medical terminology
- Comprehensive knowledge of admissions procedures
- Understanding of the private healthcare industry its challenges and role players would be an advantage
- Basic understanding of financial principles
- Computer proficiency
- Interview will be based on a pre-assessment
Competencies- Leading by example
- Ability to set goals and standards for self and team
- Problem solving conflict resolution
- Verbal & written communication
- Critical Thinking analysis and judgement
- Organisational Awareness
- Excellence Orientation
- Persuading and Influencing
- Engaging diversity
- Building relationships & networking
- Ethical behaviour (honesty)
Email
Closing date
Friday February 20 2026
Internal applicants - Before making an application you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert should consider their application as unsuccessful. Required Experience:
Manager
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