Healthcare Customer Service Representative - 18 Hr

Healthcare Customer Service Representative

Join a dynamic team as a Healthcare Customer Service Representative. In this role, you will be responsible for providing exceptional customer service to clients while assisting them with inquiries and resolving issues promptly and accurately.

Location : On-site - Columbia, SC

Job Type : Full-time - Contract to Hire

Work Schedule : M-F Schedule - After training you will be given an 8 hr shift between 8 am - 8 pm

Possibility of some weekends during open enrollment) up to 2 weekends per month during Sept - December

Salary : $18 per hour

Benefits : Health Insurance, Vision, Dental, and discounts

Key Responsibilities :

• Provides prompt, accurate, thorough and courteous responses to all customer inquiries.
• Performs research as needed to resolve inquiries.
• Ensures effective customer relations by responding accurately, timely and courteously to telephone, written, web, or walk-in inquiries.
• Accurately documents inquiries.
• Initiates or processes adjustments or performs other research as needed to resolve inquiries.
• Coordinates with other departments to resolve problems.
• Responds to, researches and / or assists with priority inquiries and special projects as required by management.
• Provides feedback to management regarding customer problems, questions and needs.
• Maintains accurate records on complaints and / or other customer comments, and makes recommendations for changes to management.
• Follows through on complaints until resolved or reports to management as needed.
• Maintains basic knowledge of quality work instructions and company policies.
• Assists with process improvements through the recommendation of changes in procedures and techniques discovered during daily operations.
• Maintains all departmental productivity, quality, and timeliness standards.
• Identifies and promptly reports and / or refers suspected fraudulent activities and system errors to the appropriate departments.

Skills Required :

• Must have 3 years of PROFESSIONAL customer service experience (office or call center setting, not retail / food and bev) .
• Call center experience preferred.
• Strong typing and data entry skills.
• Health care and insurance knowledge.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic computer skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to handle high-stress situations with good judgment.
• Strong customer service orientation.

If you meet the qualifications and are passionate about providing excellent customer service in the healthcare industry, we encourage you to apply and join the team!

About TEKsystems :

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity.

We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia.

As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change.

That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.