By Staff Reports
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(Honolulu)– UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, will hire 42 people to fill new jobs in Honolulu to serve Hawaii residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Community Plan’s Hawaii Medicaid and Medicare programs.
The new positions include plan participant and care provider service representatives responsible for supporting UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid and Medicare members with efficient, high-quality and caring personalized service.
UnitedHealthcare will host a job fair today, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Alana Waikiki Hotel, 1956 Ala Moana Blvd. in Honolulu. Job fair attendees will learn about the available positions and UnitedHealthcare, and meet with hiring managers who can answer questions about the application process. Free valet parking at the hotel will be available to job fair attendees.
People interested in applying also can do so online at http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/.
UnitedHealthcare encourages military veterans and their family members to apply. The health and well-being company supports the 100,000 Jobs Mission, a coalition of major U.S. corporations that share the goal of hiring 100,000 transitioning service members and military veterans by 2020.
UnitedHealthcare in Hawaii has more than 200 employees located on Oahu, Kauai, Maui and the Big Island with central offices in Honolulu. With a network of hospitals, clinics, physicians, long-term care and other care providers statewide, UnitedHealthcare serves more than 230,000 Hawaii residents who are enrolled in UnitedHealthcare’s Medicaid and Medicare programs as well as the members of the U.S. military and their families.
“Employees who work at UnitedHealthcare in Hawaii help meet the health care needs of hundreds of thousands of Hawaii residents, and we look forward to adding more local talent to help us serve our growing membership,” said Dave Heywood, vice president, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Hawaii.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 780,000 physicians and other health care professionals and 5,900 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide. UnitedHealthcare serves more than 40 million people in health benefits and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.