The Risk Management Department is recruiting for a Principal Workers' Compensation Adjuster to assign and review the work of lower-level Adjusters and perform audits for quality assurance and staff development. Duties include receiving and reviewing workers' compensation claims and reports and determining if occupational illness or injury is compensable; developing documentation for claim reports by requesting substantiating reports from physicians, supervisors, and witnesses; and explaining to injured workers their benefits and legal rights under Workers' Compensation Laws.

Job Title
Principal Workers' Compensation Adjuster
Job Description

The Risk Management Department is recruiting for a Principal Workers' Compensation Adjuster to assign and review the work of lower-level Adjusters and perform audits for quality assurance and staff development. Duties include receiving and reviewing workers' compensation claims and reports and determining if occupational illness or injury is compensable; developing documentation for claim reports by requesting substantiating reports from physicians, supervisors, and witnesses; and explaining to injured workers their benefits and legal rights under Workers' Compensation Laws.

Job Requirements

Certificate: A valid California Self Insurance Administrator Certificate is required at the time of hire and must be maintained throughout employment. -AND- Experience: Six (6) years of experience adjusting workers' compensation claims, including three (3) years adjusting complex litigated claims, such as continuous trauma, AOE/COE, stress disability claims, and the provision of LC4850 and SJDB. Substitution Option: Completed college coursework in finance or accounting, medical or paralegal studies may be substituted for experience at a rate of 12 semester (18 quarter) units for six months of experience up to a maximum of 12 months. Education may not substitute for the required three (3) years of complex, litigated claims adjusting experience. If substituting coursework for experience, transcripts must be attached to your application.

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Vanessa Padilla
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