Benefits Specialist | PAM Health Corporate

PAM Health

  • Enola, PA
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 11 days ago
OverviewThe 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
Responsibilities
  • 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
Qualifications
  • 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

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