Disability and Accommodation Specialist

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Supports the Strategic HR Partner as the disability and accommodation Center of Excellence subject matter expert across the enterprise. Responsible for driving HR excellence across respective service lines in all areas related to disability programs and accommodation management.

Job Duties:

• Analyze data and provide summary of observations related to disability and accommodation management- making uses, including identifying trends and/or gaps in the data.
• Maintains reasonable communication with employees with accommodation needs to facilitate smooth and timely return to work; relays communication between employees and their managers in instances of complex disability-related accommodation requirements or escalations.
• Partners with Worker’s Compensation, Risk Management, and other departments as needed to meet organizational needs
• Receives, reviews, and provides guidance to leaders and employees on accommodation requests under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Research available accommodations and review the options as part of interactive process.
• Drafts and/or recommends revisions to company policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Maintains complete and accurate records of leave and accommodation requests in accordance with specified legal requirements and documentation of best practices.
• Assist in the identification and development of transitional return to work programs, assisting employees return to work in a safe and timely manner and providing the employee with temporary modified jobs where applicable.
• Work with supervisors to adjust workplace accommodations within the scope of return-to-work programs.
• Educate department heads on the value of a successful return-to-work program and recommended best practices that will improve their trends and experience.
• Mentor departments and explore return-to-work opportunities by providing suggestions of potential modified jobs within their industry.
• Identify the functions that are critical to the job and that the employee must be able to perform with or without an accommodation.
• Provide organization with recommended best practices that will improve return-to-work trends and experience.
• Creates, updates and provides education as needed across organization as related to subject matter
• Maintains knowledge/expertise on existing/proposed changes in all regulations; interprets and applies relevant laws, regulations, codes and standards, including making recommendations for work environment changes based on interpretations and principles of professional practices.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree-Related Field of Study (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years-Related work experience (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Computer Literacy, Group Problem Solving, Professional Presentation

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all.  We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.