Return to Work Specialist | Chicago, IL Direct Hire

Insurance Placement Solutions has an immediate opening for a Return to Work Specialist with our client in the Chicago, IL area. The Return to Work Specialist supports the efforts of the team to seek opportunities for early intervention to identify early return to work opportunities and deployment of Field Case Managers to assist the adjuster to achieve the most cost-effective and positive outcome from work-related injuries.

The Return to Work Specialist Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a resource for claims adjusters and policyholders.
• Provide case management direction to outside field case managers including medical, return to work, physical restoration, vocational testing, job search, and re-training.
• Assist in the coordination of all aspects of disability management by ensuring an effective and efficient workflow of all disability management procedures and projects for the Business Groups as assigned.
• Coordinate the disability management of complex and high exposure cases to facilitate a prompt, effective resolution.
• Provide claims adjuster support and follow-up in an effort to achieve successful return to work through individual or group staffing.
• Coordinate return to work efforts with internal Nurse Case Managers and resolve customer service inquiries for external field case managers regarding authorizations, case staffing, and case direction.
• Develop and approve in-house vocational rehabilitation plans.
• Refer claims for task assignment or an initial vocational evaluation as appropriate and provide oversight of field assignments for outcome and possible re-direction or re-assignment where needed.
• Review active claims for possible rehabilitation intervention.
• Authorize appropriate rehabilitation plans and develop process improvement plans supporting the team’s return to work initiatives.
• Manage assigned workflow, to include the review of reports submitted by external field case managers, authorizing hours per the field case management activities, and approving vocational rehabilitation plans.

Experience

• 1+ years of return-to-work or job accommodation experience
• Disability or Leave of Absence experience preferred

Education

• High school or equivalent required

About Insurance Placement Solutions

IPS is an insurance staffing and recruiting firm dedicated to the insurance industry, including other workers compensation claims jobs in the Chicago, IL area. Our services are designed to be a resource for clients to gain access to high caliber talent. Many of our clients do not have the dedicated manpower to quickly fill their temporary, temporary to hire or direct hire vacancies. That is where we come in. Our clients are able to utilize our services to maintain business-as-usual during unforeseen interruptions and fluctuating business needs. Plus, our candidates benefit from gaining backdoor access to highly sought after positions with top companies in the industry.

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