Date Posted:

November 4, 2015

Salary:

$5,026.55 – $6,592.27 Monthly

Description:

The positions are located in the Disability Retirement Services Division. Disability Retirement Services is responsible for investigating and evaluating disability retirement applications from active, retired, and deferred members of LACERA.

The following examples are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by persons assigned to each classification. Depending on the assignment, duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

Analyzes workers’ compensation files to determine circumstances of disability claims.

Interviews disability retirement applicants, their co-workers, supervisors, departmental safety and personnel officers, and others to develop complete information on the circumstances surrounding industrial accidents critical to disability retirement applications.

Prepares disability evaluation report documenting the applicant’s claim for disability.

Coordinates the management of cases with the Return to Work Coordinator from the respective departments within the County to assure that every effort is made to rehabilitate injured or disabled employees and encourage their return to employment consistent with the nature of the illness or injury, if possible.

Contacts applicants, physicians, employee service officers, rehabilitation specialists, and departmental personnel officers concerning the status of cases.

Locates departmental personnel officers in connection with industrial accidents resulting in disability retirement applications to determine whether employers have made available all pertinent information regarding disability applications.

Under the direct supervision of a Disability Retirement Specialist Supervisor, submits recommendations regarding the granting or denial of service and non-service connected disability retirements to the disability retirement services division manager prior to being forwarded on to the Board of Retirement.

Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university* and one (1) year of experience in an assignment requiring investigation of workers’ compensation claims or investigating disability retirement applications for a public or private entity

-OR-

Two (2) years of experience at the level of a Retirement Benefits Specialist III researching and resolving retirement benefit claims and inquiries.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Demonstrated experience counseling members regarding retirement benefits.
Demonstrated experience investigating disability retirement claims in a public pension fund.
Demonstrated experience conducting interviews of applicants for disability retirement, workers’ compensation, insurance, or long term disability claims.
Demonstrated experience working with medical terminology.
Demonstrated experience ordering, evaluating, & indexing relevant medical, personnel and return-to-work or similar records.
Demonstrated experience in investigative report writing.

How to Apply:

Please vist LACERA’s website at www.lacera.com and click on the Careers Link

Filing Deadline:

ASAP – The position can close at anytime.