Disability Claims Adjudicator
About The Position
Disability Determination Services (DDS) is hiring! DDS provides disability decisions for Social Security Disability Benefits. As a Disability Claims Adjudicator, you request and research prior medical records, collaborate with in-house Doctors and Psychologists around functional limitations, conduct vocational work analyses, and ultimately make disability determinations for the Social Security Administration. Good candidates will have a dedication to public service, the ability to learn quickly and manage different and complex tasks efficiently and display a collaborative approach with excellent and compassionate customer service. In-depth training will be provided and a remote option for up to 3 days a week is available after the first 8-12 months. On-going staff development is available as well as the ability to collaborate with many state, local, and federal partners.
Requirements
- Ability to work in a production environment with quality and processing speed goals.
- Sensitivity to the needs of the public and customer focus.
- Ability to communicate effectively and work cooperatively through phone, email, video-conferencing, and other communication technologies.
- Attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to learn complex medical information, vocational policies, and ongoing technologies.
- Positive attitude and a desire to work in a team atmosphere.
- Intermediate education, training, and/or experience in a field involving research, investigation, data analysis, and/or development of comprehensive reports.
- Passing the SSA suitability process (pre-screen and final background adjudication).
Responsibilities
- Collect, review, examine, and analyze medical, psychiatric, and vocational claimant reconsideration appeals, continuing benefits applications, and complex initial applications in order to determine final adjudication of eligibility and benefit payments eligibility.
- Determine eligibility for disability benefits according to federal regulations, and complete written disability determinations in order to provide assistance.
- Determine eligibility for advanced payments for claimants with severe disabilities in order to provide immediate aid to those eligible.
- Contact and interview claimants and physicians in order to obtain medical and vocational evidence.
- Authorize and arrange for consultations and medical and psychiatric examinations in order to comply with program requirements.
- Write detailed letters to claimants, medical consultants, and state and federal agencies in order to request information and inform claimants of the reasons and results of disability decisions.
- Assign codes to written decisions in order to develop and maintain statistical data.
- Perform additional special duties such as quality assurance, mentoring, training, professional relations activities, processing Canadian claims, and other special projects in order to meet division needs.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays
- 12 days of sick leave
- 3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
- Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-100% of employee-only premiums)
- Health Insurance Premium Credit (decreases employee-only premiums by 5%)
- Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
- Retirement Plan (State contributes 14.11% of employee's pay to MainePERS)
- Six weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Additional, unpaid leave may also be available, under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
