Senior Clinical Administrative Coordinator - Remote Nationwide

Optum; Irving (TX); Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking a Senior Clinical Administrative Coordinator to enhance member experience through care coordination. This role involves engaging with members, scheduling appointments, and being a liaison for their needs. The position is full-time with opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

401k contribution

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in customer service support and/or engagement.
• Intermediate level of proficiency with computer skills.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engages members and coordinates their care needs.
• Assists members with scheduling medical appointments.
• Acts as a resource and advocate for members and their caregivers.

Skills

Customer service support

Engagement

Coordination

Health services knowledge

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Senior Clinical Administrative Coordinator - Remote Nationwide

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Senior Clinical Administrative Coordinator role will engage and develop relationships with our members. This role focuses on proactive, best practices, consultation and improvement of quality care for members and / or their caregivers throughout the healthcare continuum. The primary responsibility for member support includes the initial engagement, coordination with our providers, connecting member with various care teams, educating member on pending/current hospitalizations, supporting member through next site of care as well as a 30-day discharge from a facility. As a Senior Clinical Administrative Coordinator, you will act as a resource and advocate for members and their caregivers to ensure an optimal member experience. This position is also responsible for coordination and communication to members, physicians and other care management teams serving as a liaison with external departments to ensure consistent member care. Includes but not limited to managing outgoing /incoming calls, scheduling provider appointments, providing information on available services, managing referral process and transferring members as appropriate to clinical staff.

This position is full-time. Employees are required to work our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm CST. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.

We offer 1 week of on-the-job training. The hours during training will be an 8-hour shift between 8:00am to 5:00pm CST, Monday - Friday.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Establishes a trusting relationship with identified members, caregivers, clinic staff and physicians (may be completed face-to-face or virtual with member)
• Proactively engages the member to coordinate their care needs
• Keeps member actively engaged with their primary care physician and assists member with any scheduling medical appointments/transportation; clinical issues or concerns will be directed to a nurse/clinical professional
• Partners with the member’s care team (community, providers, internal staff); serving as a liaison between member and/or caregiver and all health services / processes
• Connects members who need guidance and assistance with any specific barriers to healthcare identified through telephonic outreach with an appropriate care team to assist in solving the member’s needs
• Conduct Social Determinants of Health assessments to identify member needs and connect member with an appropriate care team to assist
• Plans, prioritizes, organizes and completes work to meet established objectives
• Review care history documentation (e.g., case notes); includes navigation between computers screens and platforms to research information (e.g., medical, clinical, or benefits information)
• Serves as primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
• Conducts in-bound and out-bound calls including, but not limited to member touch-points, clinical staff coordination, member scheduling, and/or surveys/screenings
• Enters timely and accurate data into the electronic medical record to communicate member needs and ensure complete documentation of member visits and phone calls
• Periodically may visit members/patients in facility or next site of care, requiring ability to travel reliably to and from location
• Performs all other related duties as assigned
  
  

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 4+ years of experience in customer service support and/or engagement
• Intermediate level of proficiency with computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
• Ability to work our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm CST. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime
• Must be 18 years of age or older
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of health care experience
• 1+ years of knowledge with medical terminology
• 1+ years of experience with Medicare and Medicaid health plans
• 1+ years of experience working with Medicare and Medicaid populations
• Bilingual in English and Spanish
  
  

Telecommuting Requirements

• Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
• Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
• Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
  
  

Physical And Work Environment

• Ability to lift 10 pounds
• Ability to push or pull heavy objects using up to pounds of force
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing
• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving
  
  
  
  

• All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
  
  

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The hourly pay for this role will range from $20.00 to $35.72 per hour based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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