Quality Specialist II

Premera Blue Cross; Iowa City (IA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Premera Blue Cross seeks a dedicated quality auditor to conduct audits, ensure compliance, and communicate findings across claims, enrollment, and customer service functions. You will analyze data, identify root causes, and help implement improved procedures in a telecommuter role.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma, several years of relevant experience, and may possess bilingual skills and Quality 101 certification.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED (Required).
• Three years of claims, customer service or enrollment work experience, including one year of quality audit/quality assurance (Required).
• Bilingual proficiency in English/Spanish may be preferred.
• Quality 101 certification may be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits in a professional, ethical and objective manner using applicable standards.
• Plan, develop, and communicate audits within defined scope and schedule meetings.
• Maintain knowledge of procedural changes and audit techniques across systems.
• Verify, document and communicate audit results and develop reports.
• Identify trends and root causes to recommend improved procedures.

Skills

Auditing

Quality Assurance

Data Analysis

Root Cause Analysis

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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What you will do:

• Conduct audits in a professional, ethical and objective manner using and interpreting applicable standards/requirements.
• Effectively plan, develop, and communicate an audit within a defined scope, including resource scheduling. Conduct necessary meetings in performance of the audit.
• Maintain in-depth working knowledge of procedural changes, audit techniques, and plan automated systems, subsystems, and reference materials for assigned audit functions.
• Responsible for a wide variety of quality auditing tools and techniques. Verify, document and communicate audit results, develop an audit report, and evaluate the effectiveness of corrective action/follow-up.
• Resolve conflict directly and respectfully, engaging in challenging and important conversations to resolve audit findings.
• Identify trends and the root cause of errors and recommend improved procedures/guidelines to Operations proactively.
• Assist in consulting with external departments to help resolve high impact key business issues surrounding quality assurance.
• Help individuals and the team become stronger by actively participating, leading and facilitating team meetings and work groups regarding Quality Review & Reporting initiatives and incentives.
• Understand quality principles as they relate to business processes and explain the importance of aligning the audit function to the organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

• High school diploma or GED. (Required)
• Three (3) years of claims, customer service or enrollment work experience, which includes one (1) year of quality audit, quality control, or quality assurance experience. (Required)
• May require bilingual proficiency in a particular language (English/Spanish) with the ability to articulate messages and information clearly and accurately. (Preferred)
• Quality 101 certification. (Preferred)

What you will gain:

• Build expertise in quality auditing and compliance standards.
• Strengthen data analysis and root-cause problem-solving skills.inuation