What are the responsibilities and job description for the (Medicare/MedSupp) Correspondence Phone Support, Intermediate position at Blue Shield of CA?
Your Role
Our Senior Markets Customer Experience Teams receive incoming telephone calls from both our 65 , Medicare and our Duals Medicare Supplement Senior members. The Senior Markets Call Center is open 7 days a week, 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., including holidays. If hired, you will be required to attend and complete paid, mandatory training remotely. You must attend each day for 8 hours, totaling 40 hours per week for the required training period. Training hours are 8:00 a.m-4:30.p.m Mon-Fri. After completion of successful training the agent may continue to work remotely in accordance with our work from home policy and will be assigned a 40-hour shift/schedule between the hours of 7am to 8pm, 5 of the 7 days a week.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
The following job summary will help you understand the candidates/people well suited to our Senior Markets Call Center Team.
Job Summary:
Projected Start date: September 2026
Mandatory Training: Hybrid
As a Senior Markets Customer Service Representative (CSR), you are in charge of upholding our mission of providing a service worthy of our family and friends. Our members look to you to help them navigate healthcare, providing empathy and advocacy. You are empowered to provide members with peace of mind that their current issue is resolved and that none are on the horizon. Medicare provides health coverage to individuals 65 and older or those with a severe disability regardless of age.
Successful CSRs deliver an effortless customer experience by:
- Taking the lead - our CSRs take ownership of members' issues, relieving members' stress while guiding them to a quick and easy resolution.
- Identifying future problems - not only do our CSRs solve the current member concern but they actively identify and solve any lurking complications the member may encounter after their first interaction.
- Sharing insights with peers and management - our positive team culture relies on open communication to continuously improve how our work gets done.
- Having fun! - our work is important, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We love helping others and have a fun community dedicated to doing so!
You must also be:
- Available to work a scheduled 8-hour shift, which includes 2 scheduled breaks and a lunch period, also available to work Saturday and Sunday and occasional holidays as part of your regularly scheduled shift
- Patient with members who call into our Centers with a question or a problem
- A good listener and not only answer the questions they ask you, but identify and answer questions the member may not be aware they needed
- Comfortable using a computer with 2 display monitors to allow you to navigate to multiple screens for information
- Comfortable using Excel spreadsheets to calculate member premiums for health insurance
- To multi-task using a computer; talking to the member, and entering member information into their online record
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Must reside in the state of CA, preferably within a 50-mile radius from one of our office locations - Lodi, Rancho Cordova, Redding, Woodland Hills, Long Beach, El Dorado Hills etc.
- Requires a High School Diploma or GED
- Typically, requires at least 3 years of prior relevant experience
- Flexibility in availability is required including weekends and holidays, shifts are not guaranteed
- Requires attending and completing training facilitated remotely
- Requires basic job knowledge of Microsoft Suite systems and the ability to use applications on a computer proficiently
- Requires high internet connectivity speed of a minimum 11MBPS and 3 MBPS upload speed
- Requires private work location at their residence free from distractions and within 15 feet of their Wi-Fi modem
Preferred Qualifications:
Bilingual - Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese language proficiency as demonstrated by successful completion of an oral language proficiency test
Hybrid Virtual Work
This role allows employees to work virtually full-time, however employees will be expected to come to the office based on business need.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.