Health Care Payment Officer

The Payment Services team within the Health Care Operations department of WorkSafeBC is looking for a highly motivated Health Care Payment Officers to join our team to help us strive towards our vision.

In this role, you'll be calculating payments, therefore, sound math skills will be an asset to assist you with adjudicating and processing accounts for medical treatment expenses. Your exemplary communication skills and diplomacy are essential to ensure courteous, empathetic service when providing information and recommendations to injured workers and other connections.

This is a temporary 18-month opportunity.

How you'll make a difference: You'll help protect the financial integrity of B.C.'s workers' compensation system, ensuring we serve British Columbians now and in the future.

Where you'll work
At WorkSafeBC, we offer a hybrid work model that combines working remotely, and in our offices based on the operational needs of the position.

• Entitle and process health care benefits and travel arrangements for injured workers
• Process invoices and answer inquiries from health care providers, vendors, and workers
• Communicate with claimants, internal staff, physicians, hospitals, etc., to obtain or clarify payment information
• Authorize and process health care expenditures on a variety of payment systems

We're looking for someone who can:

• Communicate in a persuasive, empathetic, respectful manner by listening and questioning for pertinent information
• Gather and analyze information, determine relevant facts, and apply established policy to make timely decisions
• Organize, prioritize, and multi-task in an environment that includes interruptions and changing priorities
• Clearly, concisely, and accurately explain complex information both verbally and in writing

Your background and experience

• A minimum of grade 12 education (some post-secondary education is preferred)
• Recent work experience in an administrative or general office/business environment
• Experience working in a call center is an asset
• General working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Important to know
Before we can finalize any offer of employment, you must:

• Successfully meet the legal requirements under the Criminal Records Review Act to work with children and/or vulnerable adults
• Confirm you're legally entitled to work in Canada

WorkSafeBC's COVID-19 Employee Mandatory Vaccine Policy (the "Policy") is suspended effective January 9, 2023, however we reserve the right to re-implement it in response to changes in the public health landscape, including public health orders. We are committed to the protection, health, and safety of our employees and our Communicable Disease Prevention Program and related protocols remain in effect.

Who we are
At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We're honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?
It's challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflects the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more: Discover who we are .

Our benefits
As a member of our team, you'll have access to services and benefits that help you get the most out of work - and life. Along with a competitive salary , your total compensation package includes:

• Extra 4% of your salary in lieu of benefits and 4% in lieu of vacation from the day you start

Once you've worked a certain number of hours (approximately 12 months), you'll switch to getting:

• Up to 4 weeks of vacation
• Extensive health care and dental benefits
• Sick leave and long-term disability coverage

Learn more: Find out what we offer .

Salary: $31.03/hourly

Want to apply?

• Applications are welcomed immediately, however must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date.
• Please note that we will be starting assessments prior to the closing date.
• We encourage all qualified applicants to apply. If you require an accommodation in the assessment process, please email Recruitment Testing Accommodation (SM) when you submit your application.

Any additional application materials must be received by email to P &C Talent Acquisition (SM) by 4:30 p.m. PST on the closing date of the competition.