Posted Date: 5/2/2024

Job Location: St. Anthony Regional Hospital, 311 South Clark St, PO Box 628, Carroll, IA, 51401
Department: Human Resources
Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Description

Job Summary - Coordinates employee benefit plans, including, health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance. Also manages retirement plans, flexible spending, leaves of absence, workers compensation and unemployment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Enrolls new employees in benefit plans, answers questions and offers guidance for claim processing. Provides benefits orientation for all new hires.

• Ensures accurate updates and tracking to benefit plans based on employee status changes. Updates ACA reporting each month for new and existing employees.

• Processes FMLA and other leaves of absence, maintaining contact with employees and managers, ensuring employee benefit payments are kept current.

• Processes workers compensation claims, using necessary communication and follow-up with employee, carrier and healthcare provider.

• Maintains appropriate record keeping of information required by law.

• Verifies appropriate employee payroll benefit deductions and processes benefit billing statements in a timely manner.

• Maintains HR medical files of employees ensuring all information and paperwork is kept current. (i.e. FMLA, insurance enrollment, etc)

• Monitors, researches and suggests changes to benefit plans as needed.

• Administers Human Resources policies and procedures in a consistent manner.

• Maintains knowledge of legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting HR functions.

• Assists with the coordination and planning of employee functions and events.

• Participate in assigned committees.

• Assists with the preparation and completion of payroll processes and related documents, including bi-weekly, quarterly and year end reports as needed.

• Assists in maintaining complete employment records in Meditech, timekeeping systems and employee personnel file including but not limited to: new hires, status changes, salary changes, transfers and terminations.

• Completes all other duties as assigned.

• Complies with the Corporate Compliance Policy and all laws, regulations, and Standards of Conduct relating to the position and agrees to report any suspected violations of law or Standards of Conduct.

• Complies with all applicable state and federal regulations.

• Maintains the confidentiality of patient, resident, employee and organizational information.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• One year certificate from college or technical school and one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Prior knowledge or experience with Benefit plans a plus.

• Prior experience in payroll processing a plus.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, customers, patients, families and the general public.

Position Requirement, Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.

• Knowledge of computer software programs (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

• Exceptional customer service skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; talk and hear; and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

If you have further questions, please call the Human Resources Department at 712-794-5111.