Customer Service Advocate - Remote in Cheektowaga, NY

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: New York
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

$1500 Sign on Bonus for External Candidates

If you are located within 120 miles of Cheektowaga, NY, you will have the flexibility to work from home and the office in this hybrid role as you take on some tough challenges.

Welcome to one of the toughest and most fulfilling ways to help people, including yourself. We offer the latest tools, most intensive training program in the industry and nearly limitless opportunities for advancement. Join us and start doing your life's best work.

Turn on the news on any night of the week and you're likely to hear about the changes that are sweeping through our health care system. It's dramatic. It's positive. And it's being led by companies like UnitedHealth Group. Now, you can take advantage of some of the best training and tools in the world to help serve our existing and new customers. You'll take as many as 50-70 calls per day from customers who have questions about their health benefits. As their advocate, you'll use your personality and our tools to help them through the health care benefits available to them, including helping them enroll in a new plan. This is no small opportunity.

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of (8:00am - 8:00pm). It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. Our office is located at 600 Airborne Parkway. Cheektowaga, NY.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

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• Respond to and resolve, on the first call, customer service inquires and issues by identifying the topic and type of assistance the caller needs such as benefits, eligibility and claims, financial spending accounts and correspondence
  
• Help guide and educate customers about the fundamentals and benefits of consumer-driven health care topics to select the best benefit plan options, maximize the value of their health plan benefits and choose a quality care provider
  
• Contact care providers (doctor's offices) on behalf of the customer to assist with appointment scheduling or connections with internal specialists for assistance
  
• Assist customers in navigating and other UnitedHealth Group websites and encourage and reassure them to become self-sufficient
  
  
  This role is equally challenging and rewarding. You'll be called on to research complex issues pertaining to the caller's health, status and potential plan options. To do this, you'll need to navigate across multiple databases which requires fluency in computer navigation and toggling while confidently and compassionately engaging with the caller.
  
  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:
  
  
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  • High School Diploma / GED (or higher) or Equivalent work experience
    
  • Minimum of 3+ years of combined education, work and/or volunteer experience
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    
    
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    • Health Care/Insurance environment (familiarity with medical terminology, health plan documents, or benefit plan design)
      
    • Social work, behavioral health, disease prevention, health promotion and behavior change (working with vulnerable populations)
      
    • Sales or account management experience
      
    • Customer Service Experience
      
      
      Telecommuting Requirements:
      
      
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      • Reside in the state of New York within 120 miles of Cheektowaga, NY including the ability to come into the office 1-2 times a month
        
      • Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
        
      • Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
        
      • Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
        
        
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