Job Summary
- Company
- Unum
- Location
- CHATTANOOGA, TN 37402
- Industries
- Insurance
- Healthcare Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Job Reference Code
- F00015
Medical Consultant
About the Job
Unum is a company of people serving people. As one of the world's leading employee benefits providers and a Fortune 500 company, Unum helps protect more than 25 million working people and their families in the event of illness or injury.
Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Unum has significant U.S. operations in Portland, Maine, Worcester, Massachusetts and Glendale, California, with 35 field offices nationwide.
This position is responsible for providing expert medical analysis of complex claims files. This includes such matters as providing opinions on work capacity, on the presence or absence of pre-existing conditions, on diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to medical conditions and other determinations.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Unum is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, gender or sexual orientation.
Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Unum has significant U.S. operations in Portland, Maine, Worcester, Massachusetts and Glendale, California, with 35 field offices nationwide.
This position is responsible for providing expert medical analysis of complex claims files. This includes such matters as providing opinions on work capacity, on the presence or absence of pre-existing conditions, on diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to medical conditions and other determinations.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides timely and accurate medical analyses and opinions to the Benefits Operations staff.
- Applies current medical knowledge to medical data regarding diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and impairment, etc.
- Conducts 1 on 1 and group training to improve the Benefits Operations staff's knowledge and efficiency.
- Interacts with the insured's attending healthcare provider(s).
- Professional Degree (PhD,MD,DO).
- Board certified.
- Active, unrestricted US license.
- Five years of clinical experience in Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine, Family Practice, General Medicine, Orthopedic Medicine, Rheumatology, Infectious Disease, Psychiatry, PM & R or other medical specialties.
- Experience in private disability insurance or other corporate environment preferred.
- Analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- Excellent interpersonal/negotiation skills.
- Ability to mentor others.
- Strong team and collaborative skills. Ability to work in a fast paced, team based, corporate environment.
Unum offers competitive pay, relocation assistance and excellent benefits. Come join us if you're interested in working in an exciting and challenging environment for a company that is on the move!
Unum is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, military status, gender or sexual orientation.
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