L&I Worker’s Compensation Adjudicator 4, Unit Lead

About the role

The Department of Labor and Industries is seeking a Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator 4 (WCA4), Unit Lead to contribute to the economic well-being of the state by providing impartial oversight and expert services to the self-insured community.

Responsibilities

• Manages and adjudicates a caseload of complex protests made by injured workers, physicians, self-insured employers or their attorneys, from decisions involving entitlement to benefits, jurisdictional matters, and contested determinations.
• Issues legal orders resolving protests and composes letters of explanation.
• Coaches and mentors unit claim managers, including trainees, to ensure compliance of production and quality standards.
• Acts as a technical resource for the claims unit.
• Prepares briefing papers for the Director to make decisions for benefits on Over-Seven re-opening applications and requests for Waiver of Overpayments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree AND Three (3) years of experience in adjudicating workers’ or crime victims’ compensation insurance claims, or adjudication of time-loss payments OR Successful completion of the Department of Labor and Industries Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator 2 Apprenticeship program AND One (1) year of experience as a Workers’ Compensation Adjudicator 3 OR Equivalent education/experience.
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Desired Abilities

• The ability to manage time, prioritize work to best accomplish the workload and manage the work schedule.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to apply critical reasoning skills.
• The ability to take action to manage difficult people.
• The ability to be a team player with a positive attitude and ability to build rapport.
• Skilled in using personal computers and software, i.e., MS Word and EXCEL.

Supplemental Information

To help you maintain a proper work-life balance, teleworking is one of the work schedule options for this position. L&I also offers flexible custom work schedules. State employees who meet the qualifications will become eligible for a generous retirement package at the end of the employee’s career. Click on the “Benefits” tab to learn more.

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Telework is dependent upon business needs and supervisor approval. For positions where in-office work is necessary, the frequency of telework will be discussed with the supervisor of the position at the time of offer. The assigned duty station for this position is Tumwater, Washington.

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