Universitätsspital Zürich
Zürich
Clerk: Cost Assurance Standard 80-100%
- 02 September 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- 8600 Zürich
About the job
You ensure cost assurance for our inpatient patients and guarantee smooth administrative processing. In doing so, you work closely with insurers, authorities, and internal departments. You can expect a varied role in a committed and professional team.
The University Hospital Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our over 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees dedicate themselves daily to the well-being of our patients.
The University Hospital Zurich is one of the largest hospitals in Switzerland. Our over 8,600 employees and around 700 trainees dedicate themselves daily to the well-being of our patients.
Clerk: Cost Assurance Standard 80-100%
immediate start or by arrangement
Your main tasks
- You ensure the complete and correct cost guarantee for our inpatient patients with Swiss insurance
- You apply for, monitor, and remind about cost approvals and coordinate their extensions as well as reconsideration requests with insurers and cantons
- You check and process error lists and ensure that missing information is promptly supplemented and the cost guarantees are complete
- You clarify patient data directly with insurers, residents' registration offices, and cantonal authorities
- You maintain a professional and solution-oriented exchange with patients and their relatives as well as with insurers, authorities, and employers – by phone and in writing
- Your careful and reliable working method contributes to ensuring the administrative and financial prerequisites for the inpatient treatment of our patients
Your profile
- You have a commercial basic education and bring several years of professional experience in the health and/or social insurance sector
- You are familiar with the processes of inpatient cost assurance and ideally have sound knowledge of the relevant legal bases, especially KVG, UVG, and VVG as well as the DRG system
- Medical terminology is familiar to you or you are motivated to acquire the corresponding knowledge
- You work independently, structured, and carefully and keep an overview even in complex cases and with a high workload
- You communicate confidently and appropriately for the target audience – both in writing and orally – and present yourself competently and reliably to patients, relatives, insurers, and authorities
- You have very good IT user skills in MS Office and SAP
- You are an open, resilient, and team-oriented personality who likes to take responsibility and actively contributes to a committed environment
Our benefits
You can expect a varied and responsible role in a demanding and dynamic environment of a university hospital.
You work in a committed team where high quality, mutual support, and professional interaction are highly valued. Your work makes an important contribution to smooth administrative processing of inpatient treatments and thus indirectly supports optimal care for our patients.
Look forward to a varied role with different contacts, professional challenges, and room for independent work and personal development.
You work in a committed team where high quality, mutual support, and professional interaction are highly valued. Your work makes an important contribution to smooth administrative processing of inpatient treatments and thus indirectly supports optimal care for our patients.
Look forward to a varied role with different contacts, professional challenges, and room for independent work and personal development.
University Hospital Zurich
8600 Zurich
8600 Zurich
