Call Center Customer Service Representative - San Diego, CA - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:Energize your career with one of Healthcare’s fastest growing companies.   You dream of a great career with a great company - where you can make an impact and help people.  We dream of giving you the opportunity to do just this.  And with the incredible growth of our business, it’s a dream that definitely can come true. Already one of the world’s leading Healthcare companies, UnitedHealth Group is restlessly pursuing new ways to operate our Service Centers, improve our Service levels and help people lead healthier lives. We live for the opportunity to make a difference and right now, we are living it up. For those who want to invent the future of health care, your opportunity is with one of our most exciting business areas: Optum - a growing part of our family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group a Fortune 14 leader.  We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work. Due to an expansion of our business into multiple states, we are looking for energetic, customer focused and compassionate Call Center Representatives. As one of our newest Call Center Representatives you will be performing appointment scheduling within our Team Care department.  Your main focus in this position will be to schedule appointments for our valued members who are currently enrolled in one of our health plans. You will be assisting our valued members to connect with Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, by scheduling in home visits, helping people live healthier lives.     Primary Responsibilities:Placing a high volume of outbound calls to our valued members to schedule them for their in home visits with a Physician or a Nurse Practitioner via an auto dialer systemAnswering inbound calls from our valued members and assisting them with their inquiriesEnhancing our valued members experience within our businessValidating member demographic information and obtaining additional member data via specific plan scriptingData entry of the members record with accurate information obtained on the callEnsuring that the appointments are scheduled accurately following department policies and proceduresResolving any scheduling issues or concernsRouting calls to the appropriate department as neededAbility to collaborate within a team environmentSupport any call queues as business needs arise

Required Qualifications:High School Diploma / GEDAvailable to
work Monday-Friday from 10:30am-7:00pm1+ year of call center and / or sales experience OR at least 1+ year of experience working in a high volume call center environment Must be able to create, copy, edit, send & save using Microsoft Word, Excel & OutlookMust be able to type and talk at the same time and navigate through multiple screensAbility to maintain confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA requirementsPreferred Qualifications:Bilingual skills in English and Spanish or Korean Experience working in a metric driven work environmentExperience working in a customer retention focused roleExperience using an auto dialer systemExperience working in the Healthcare IndustryExperience working with Medicaid or MedicareSales experienceCareers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work. Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.Keywords: UHG, San Diego, CA Call Center, Representative, Customer Service, Sales, Healthcare