The Benefits Specialist is responsible for assisting with the administration of all benefits and retirement programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and ACA reporting. Affordable Care Act oversight is a large portion of this individuals responsibilities and requires attention to detail and subject matter expertise.

If you’re looking for a schedule that fits your lifestyle, check out PAM Health - and ask us about our comprehensive benefits package! 

Some things that our hospital can offer YOU as a full-time employee:

• Medical Benefits: EPO/HDHP/HSA options, including prescription coverage, Rx ’n Go, and Teladoc 
• Comprehensive dental and vision benefits 
• Employee Assistance Program, including counseling, legal, and financial service
• Flexible spending (FSA) and health savings (HSA) accounts 
• Life and Disability insurance benefits 
• Education/In-Service Opportunities including continuing education and tuition assistance 
• Supplemental benefits: Accident, critical illness, cancer, pet, and identity theft protection insurance options  
• Auto, Home, Cell Phone, and Gym Membership discount offerings 
• Personal Travel Discounts 
• Employee Bonus Referral Program
• 401(k) plans and discretionary employer match 
• Generous Paid Benefit Time

• Provides excellent customer service to employees. Requires excellent interpersonal skills necessary to develop and
  explain benefits information to all levels of hospital employees.
• Administer various employee benefits programs,such as group health, flexible spending accounts, dental and vision,
  disability, life insurance, ancillary benefit products, 401(k), and wellness benefits.
• Serve as a resource to employees and Human Resource Directors (HRD) on FMLA, ADA and State Paid Leave programs
• Facilitate clear communication of employee leaves between the Leave Management Third Part Administrator (TPA) and local/regional HRD.
• Monitor, coordinate and track benefit enrollments, and manual benefit payments for employees on FMLA, LOA and/or workers’ compensation.
• Weekly review of benefit deductions in arrears
• Entry/tracking of individual employee benefit payment plans based on arrears report
• Update employee status based on start/end of leave
• Maintain employee benefits within system, UKG/Benefit Solver, to assure accuracy with payroll deductions and
  enrollments.
• Support HRD and Payroll by routing Unemployment Compensation to proper facility for completion.
• Complete National Medical Support Notice (NMSN), scan and link to individual employee in Document Manager.
• Complete Wage and Benefit Verifications as needed
• Document/update benefit procedures as needed
• Assist HR and employees regarding benefit enrollment
• Audit weekly benefit enrollment changes
• Review transfers/rehires and adjust benefit deductions as needed
  
• Review reports and update employee deductions as needed during payroll process
• Employee outreach to update addresses for all returned benefit mail
• Provides back up for Benefits Analyst as needed
• Assist with special projects as needed
• Return calls/emails within one (1) business day

• Education and Training: Minimum of an Associate’s degree, Bachelor’s preferred, in Business Administration or Human
  Resources preferred.
• Experience: Six (6) monthsto one year related experience and/ortraining; equivalent combination of education and work experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Work requires a high degree of accuracy.
• Flexibility to deal with changing priorities.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and maintain accountability for work.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work with Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and computer applications.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and explain benefits information to all levels of hospital employees
• The willingness and enthusiasm to perform other duties as assigned
• Intermediate skills using MS Outlook, Word and Excel, including functions such as VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
• Excellent customer service experience is required with a HIGH sense of confidentiality due to the sensitivity of the position