Bilingual Technician Group Medical Underwriting

For over 75 years, Medavie Blue Cross has been a leading health and wellness partner for individuals, employers and governments across Canada. As a not-for-profit organization, we proudly invest in communities to help address some of Canada’s most pressing health care challenges. We are one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Life & Health Insurer of the Year for 2021 and an Imagine Canada Caring Company. 
 
Our 2,400 professionals work across six provinces, united by our shared values of being caring, accountable, responsible, innovative and community-minded. We’re committed to ensuring our employees thrive in our award-winning, collaborative culture focused on ensuring health, wellness, and personal and professional growth through a variety of programs and support across our organization.
 
Together with Medavie Health Services, we are part of Medavie — a national health solutions partner with over 8,250 employees. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians.

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What’s in it for you?
What makes us a different kind of employer? We WANT you to have work-life balance, it’s in our DNA. No overnight shifts, no weekends, paid time off to take care of yourself or the ones you love and because we’re in the health business – paid benefits and perks to keep you at your very best.
 
We’re looking for a Medical Underwriting Technician, this is a great role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and attention to detail are second nature. Aren’t quite sure what a medical underwriting technician is? It’s an insurance “thing”; it is a great role to learn about our industry. It can be a great long-term career or a stepping-stone into underwriting or insurance administration.  Our award-winning culture, leaders who really care, unmatched training and support are all dedicated to ensuring you are set up for success.
 
Common goals and collaboration, that’s what our team is all about, we offer:
•    A diverse team of colleagues with multiple fields of expertise
•    Comprehensive health and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day
•    We pay you to become awesome – we offer comprehensive paid corporate training
•    Opportunities for career development and advancement
•    Emphasis on work life balance, providing wellness benefits, health resources and fitness center discounts
•    A great work environment from your co-workers to an award-winning culture focused on improving the health of Canadians
 
Your everyday with us:
Reporting to the Team Leader you would be providing support for our group medical underwriters. You will have the opportunity to analyze and manage medical underwriting requests, prepare documentation, administer our operational practices including invoicing, manage our information systems and communicate with our customers.
You will have the opportunity to interact on the phone with clients, physicians and other departments, use various technologies and demonstrate your exceptional administration skills.
 
What you need to succeed:
•    You are a good communicator – through email, letter and phone, you are clear and concise.
•    Whatever it takes attitude, you like a new challenge every day.
•    You thrive in an environment of change.
•    You have earned a post-secondary diploma or degree and/or relevant working experience in administration, customer service or other relevant experience.
•    You can multitask and navigate between multiple software applications simultaneously.
•    A medical or insurance background would be considered an asset. 
•    Fluently Bilingual (English and French). (spoken/written)

We believe our employees should reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. To provide the best experience possible, we will support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team of your needs.  We are committed to making sure recruitment, retention, advancement, and compensation are fair and accessible while following all relevant human rights and privacy laws. We appreciate everyone who has shown interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.