Avant is Australia's leading medical defence organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years.
Avant now represents 85,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.
As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our members, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
An opportunity is now available for a Claims Manager to join our Perth team in a permanent, full-time position.
As the Claims Manager, you will provide support and advice to our members through managing Civil and Professional Conduct claims. This role is also responsible for assisting in the accurate maintenance, entry and reporting of claims data, file management and document production.
This role is perfect for healthcare workers who are looking for better work-life balance and a new career opportunity. If you are a nurse or allied health worker who is looking for a job that offers standard office hours with the ability to work remotely, all while still utilising your hard-earned healthcare knowledge, this job is for you!
The key responsibilities include: Managing member claims and investigations to support our members.Providing guidance, advice and support in the indemnification of claims.Proactively formulating a claims management strategy for the member, to achieve the best possible outcome.Partnering with Solicitors in the support of our members' claims as required.Participating in the resourcing of the medico-legal advice hotline.To be successful in this role you will have: Tertiary qualifications in legal, health or business.Previous demonstrated experience in insurance claims management.Experience as a registered nurse or allied health worker is highly regarded; training will be provided on the job to become an expert in claims management.A strong understanding of current health and insurance legislation.A strong focus on time management and work management.Excellent communication and relationship building skills.Proven ability to work in an electronic document management system.Strong relationship building and negotiation skills.Why work at Avant? At Avant, our people are the centre of everything we do for our members. We offer a range of benefits and opportunities to enable you to make a difference, learn, and grow in your career.We value our people by offering an inclusive workplace with a diverse range of benefits, flexible working options, career development, and internal mobility opportunities. Our flexible working arrangements are designed to enable genuine work-life balance.Your development is our priority and we have a variety of learning and development programs that will support you in your career.We offer support to our people via Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health and Wellbeing programs, Tertiary Education Sponsorship and Support.We have a diverse and connected work environment where your contribution and ideas will be valued and respected and make a real difference to the lives of others.For further information please contact Lisa Craddock, Talent Acquisition Business Partner on ******.
Please note: Avant Mutual is a vaccinated employer. Prior to the commencement of your employment by Avant, you are required to be fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus or have a medical certificate stating that you cannot receive a Covid-19 vaccination for valid medical reasons.
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