coda searchstaffingNewark, NJ
Case Manager
$50,000 - $55,000 per year
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Case Manager
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$50,000 - $55,000 per year
Paralegals and Legal AssistantsLegal Support Workers, All OtherClaims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
Apply for this role (opens in a new tab)Case Manager Job Description The position is part of the Case Management department working on all phases of injury claims. This is a full-time, permanent position.
Ideal candidate:
- Has an AA Degree and a year or more experience working in a Personal Injury, MedMal or Insurance Defense legal practice
- Quick learner, someone that can grasp concepts and apply them to similar projects
- Is empathetic, great listener, patient, and possesses strong communication skills
- Detailed-oriented and good at following established procedures
Self-motivated
Strong time management skills
Highly organized and thorough in keeping current claimants informed and their case moving
Skilled in data entry with various software programs
Committed to our core values: Excellence, Conscientiousness, Innovation, Claimant Focused, and Collaboration
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct interviews and follow-ups with claimants or their representative who are victims of defective drugs or devices, environmental contamination, or have a general personal injury claim
- Conducts pre-litigation investigations, aspects of discovery work, reviewing records, drafting correspondence, analytical work, and updates, follows and guides claimant through the pre-litigation process
- Coordinating and following up on the retrieval of claimant’s records.
- Review medical records, annotating records following our robust bookmarking procedures
- Point of contact for your claimants, providing updates to their claim
- Interprets and disseminates information concerning claims and casework to supervisors
- Undertake a variety of administrative duties such as scheduling claimant appointments, managing calendars, and maintaining up-to-date case notes
- Other Details: Job is Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm
- Due to the confidential legal nature of the matters, job will be performed on-site.
- Five hours of pre-approved OT are available weekly
- Office environment is comfortable and designed to be conducive to a professional, productive and collaborative workplace, including dual monitors, privacy dividers, headsets and webcams for virtual meetings
- Coffee, soft drinks and snacks are made available to the team
- Office leverages technology to make it easier for case managers to excel
- Office is conveniently located attached to Newark Penn Station (buses & trains available)
- Base salary of $50,000-$55,000 depending on experience. There is a $3,000 (per year) salary differential for Spanish speakers (pending an assessment)
- Bi-weekly incentive bonus opportunities that will raise the total annual compensation to $70K to $85K. Bonuses are paid with bi-weekly
Benefits include:
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance offered, 401k (after a year of service), monthly contribution towards parking or transit
Also on the board Same function, level within a rung
Level
Senior
Salary
$50,000 - $55,000 per year
Location
Newark, NJ
Occupation
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Industry
Offices of Lawyers
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