Clinical Account Executive RN

Job Summary
The Clinical Account Executive (CAE) is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing and managing large, complex client relationships and driving long-term success for strategic and large market/strategic accounts. The CAE focuses on delivering exceptional client experiences by aligning business strategies with client objectives, fostering innovation, and ensuring high-value outcomes. The CAE is responsible for: 1) The management and oversight of Clinical Account Managers 2) Serving as an escalation path CAM designated clients. 3) Engaging with account/client on a regular basis through scheduled meetings and reporting efforts; 3) providing direct, efficient, and effective clinical analysis of group-specific cost drivers and trends with identification of actionable opportunities and solutions targeted at existing and prospective cost drivers; 4) assist with clinical portion of escalated issues that may arise on client accounts. The CAE will work closely with the WebTPA Account Management or other Administrator teams to ensure that strategic partnerships are well-managed, ensuring superior service levels and overall retention of the business.

Essential Functions

The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned.

Client Support and Issue Resolution: (40%)

• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of client objectives for their benefits plan, as it relates to the clinical components of the plan.
• Maintain knowledge of the client performance indicators that the clinical team will be responsible for and held accountable too.
• Recommend/model changes necessary to achieve objectives within the clinical teams.
• Responsible for daily evaluation of account reporting/needs and implementation processes or staffing to support specific account
  requirements.
• Responsible for problem resolution with escalation to the Sr. Director as appropriate.
• Collaborate with clinical staff as an initial resource escalating to Account Management and POD when necessary.
• Respond to client inquiries within 24 business hours - acknowledge and build expectations for resolution and deliver on commitments.
• Understand what clinical programs each client has purchased and how that client wants to utilize the programs to address their specific areas of interest and focus.
  Leverage problem-solving skills and frameworks to develop solutions to client's business problems.
• Assist clients and internal teams in addressing escalated issues related to clinical areas.

Management and oversight of Clinical Account Managers: (25%)

• Performance Monitoring and Development
  - Conduct regular one-on-one meeting with Clinical Account Managers to revie performance metrics, discuss client feedback, and
  identify areas for professional growth
  - Set measurable goals and provide actionable feedback to ensure CAM meet client satisfaction and organizational standards
  - Establish individualized development plans to support skill-building and career progression with the organization
• Training and Onboarding
  - Oversee the onboarding of new Clinical Account Managers, providing training on internal systems, reporting tools, client
  management best practices, and compliance requirements.
  - Develop and deliver ongoing training programs to ensure CAMs stay current with industry trends, new regulations and emerging
  client needs.
• Resource and Workload Management
  - Allocate client accounts and responsibilities among CAMs to optimize workload distribution and ensure proper coverage
  - Monitor account assignments to balance workloads and ensure high-quality client service
• Strategic Insights and Reporting
  - Guide CAMs in identifying trends withing small-to mid-market accounts, analyzing data and preparing actionable
  recommendations to improve client outcomes
  - Review and approve key client reports and presentations prepared by the CAM to ensure they meet organizational and client
  expectations.

Data Analysis: (10%)

• Measure and monitor daily account metrics with appropriate interventions.
  Access and navigate various technical platforms and systems that are affiliated with the clinical division and client management: iiiPUT, clinical documentation platforms, various applications used by clients, through outside vendors.
• Validate, analyze, interpret client data to make effective cost, quality, and shared decision-making recommendations resulting in increased client satisfaction and retention.
• Conduct clinical analysis and provide input to customized evaluations which includes identification, interpretation, and communication of overall account performance against benchmarks and clinical trends, with specific recommendations to improve performance and outcomes.
• Work with the internal reporting/analytics team to prepare external client reports.

Client Reporting: (10%)

• Deliver external presentations to clients that demonstrate the value of products, programs, and processes, as well as build an ongoing relationship with internal teams at Communitas and WebTPA.
• Work with the Director to represent the Clinical division during client calls, meetings (remote or onsite), and presentations.

Collaboration with WebTPA/Communitas teams and external vendors: (15%)

• Facilitates timely and open communication with clinical staff departments, internal and external customers.
• Work collaboratively and cross-functionally with internal and external teams.
  - Daily interventions between Operation and Clinical teams to ensure proper handling of claims issues / customer service requests / member portal requests; that they are assigned to Ops team to assist and resolve when appropriate.
  - Assist CAM with higher-level decisions that impact outside teams.
• Engage with internal clinical teams and provide feedback from clients to clinical teams.
  Work with clinical teams leads to analyze, identify, and improve processes within the division, based on client feedback.
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with assigned groups, agents, consultants, and brokers for continued client retention.
• Other:
  Assist leadership team in guiding the work of the Clinical Management teams, as deemed appropriate.
  Mentor future hires this role, as the program grows.
  Oversight of assigned Clinical Account Managers as they assist with client-specific directives.
  Attend Monthly Managers of People Meeting (WebTPA); virtually, if not an in-office employee.

Required Qualifications
7+ years related work experience
2+ years direct supervisory/management experience
Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience: Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Nursing
Current RN license - Nursing Compact License required if state of residence participates in Compact.

Additional Required Qualifications
Extensive experience and demonstrated proficiency in all MS Office applications including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
Strong verbal and written communication skills. Writing samples may be requested as proof.
Comfortable working and communicating across operational areas within the organization.
Can appropriately handle confidential and sensitive information.
Ability to present to clients and executives in a confident manner.
Managing the message to the intended audience consistent with business objectives
Negotiation skills.
Superior client service attitude coupled with excessive energy and enthusiasm.
Strong desire to succeed in conjunction with a highly developed work ethic.
Extremely driven with the ability to self-manage.
High attention to details; particularly those driving benefit plan performance.
Ability to work independently/autonomously and proactively as well as collaboratively as a member of a team.
Analysis - ability to identify problems/issues and propose high-performing solutions.
Ability to segment and prioritize workload based on time sensitivities and critical success factors.
Well-developed project management skills.

Preferred Licenses and Certifications
CCM - Certified Case Manager 1 1/2 Yrs

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Previous Managerial/Director-level experience in healthcare setting preferred. Previous experience with Regulatory Compliance and/or URAC/NCQA Accreditation is beneficial.

General Physical Demands
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

Physical/Environmental Activities
Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Frequently

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