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Form of workPay Range: $22.02 - $27.52 /hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm (in-office).
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Medical & Leave Assistant job is available with the City of Fort Worth Police Department, Medical Records Unit (MRU). Currently, the MRU provides assistant to approximately 2300 police personnel. The MRU unit provides services to all police personnel (sworn and civilian) and the units workload is constant, the demands are high, and priorities can change with little notice.
The position reports to the Police Employment Specialist - Medical Records Unit Supervisor and will act as the units Technical Lead. The incumbent will contribute to the City's strategic goals, mission and vision by assisting with the administration of the City's Workers' Compensation and Return to Work programs for Police Department personnel.
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
A Medical & Leave Assistant job responsibilities include:
Lead duties:
Workers' Compensation and Return to Work program:
Working Conditions:
Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.
Final candidates selected for hire in the Police Department will be subject to a criminal background, drug screen, polygraph examination and fingerprint check. Applicants must not have used marijuana during the previous two (2) years, nor illegally used any controlled substances within the last five (5) years.
Environmental Conditions:
Positions in this class typically requires working with office equipment; touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demands:
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties require maintaining physical condition necessary to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects; manual dexterity required.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm (in-office).
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A Medical & Leave Assistant job is available with the City of Fort Worth Police Department, Medical Records Unit (MRU). Currently, the MRU provides assistant to approximately 2300 police personnel. The MRU unit provides services to all police personnel (sworn and civilian) and the units workload is constant, the demands are high, and priorities can change with little notice.
The position reports to the Police Employment Specialist - Medical Records Unit Supervisor and will act as the units Technical Lead. The incumbent will contribute to the City's strategic goals, mission and vision by assisting with the administration of the City's Workers' Compensation and Return to Work programs for Police Department personnel.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates degree from an accredited college with major course work in Human Resources, Medical Management, Business Administration, Medical Office Administration or related field.
- Four (4) years of clerical and administrative experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Human Resource experience; working with Workers' Compensation claims, employee information and benefits, medical cases, medical files and/or documentation.
- Advanced proficiency and experience working with Microsoft Office Suite; primarily with Excel using advanced formulas and pivot tables.
- Prior lead/supervisory experience in a professional working environment.
A Medical & Leave Assistant job responsibilities include:
Lead duties:
- Serves as one of the liaisons between the Department and external third-party administrators (FMLA and ADA vendors).
- Provides consultation, information and internal resources to PD personnel on various leave program, such as the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the City's Paid Parental Leave Program, and other leave benefit programs.
- Processes voluntary leave donations and other varies leave requests.
- Creates and maintains medical case timelines (case summaries) as requested.
- Tracks and monitors non-occupational leave statuses.
- Assists the Centralized Police Payroll Team (CPPT) in investigating timesheet entries as they and non-job-related leave requests and statuses.
- Ensures proper notifications are sent to Position Management, CPPT, and HRIS.
- Tracks and prepare reports of medical records data weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, and as requested.
- Responds to requests for information from employees, supervisory and management staff, representatives from other City Departments, and City third-party administrators;
- Provides training to new PD personnel, training and education to new PD employees, supervisors, and managers.
- When needed, reviews the work of the units Medical Records Technician for accuracy.
- Provides training and mentoring to the units Medical Records Technician.
- Assists management with special projects; developing, implementing, and educating department on new and changing city-wide programs.
Workers' Compensation and Return to Work program:
- Serves as liaison between the Department and external third-party administrators (Workers' Compensation and Return to Work program vendor).
- Process work status report forms related to workers' compensation claims.
- Assist in processing First Report of Injury/Exposure/Illness claims in the workers' compensation third-party administrator's system, and in the workers' compensation database and spreadsheet.
- Answers questions related to the Department's injury, exposure and illness reporting procedures and policies.
- Conducts follow-up research to provide answers to inquiries and obtain supporting documentation for work status changes.
- Calculate and track occupational leave.
- Assist the Centralized Police Payroll Team (CPPT) in investigating timesheet entries as they relate job and statuses.
- Promptly provide workers' compensation medical records to the City Risk Management Division as required by the City Personnel Rules and Regulations and Human Resources procedures.
Working Conditions:
Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.
Final candidates selected for hire in the Police Department will be subject to a criminal background, drug screen, polygraph examination and fingerprint check. Applicants must not have used marijuana during the previous two (2) years, nor illegally used any controlled substances within the last five (5) years.
Environmental Conditions:
Positions in this class typically requires working with office equipment; touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, walking and repetitive motions.
Physical Demands:
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties require maintaining physical condition necessary to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects; manual dexterity required.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
