Medical Consultant- Psychiatrist

When you join the team at Unum, you become part of an organization committed to helping you thrive.

Here, we work to provide the employee benefits and service solutions that enable employees at our client companies to thrive throughout life’s moments.

And this starts with ensuring that every one of our team members enjoys opportunities to succeed both professionally and personally.

To enable this, we provide

• Award-winning culture
• Inclusion and diversity as a priority
• Performance Based Incentive Plans
• Competitive benefits package that includes: Health, Vision, Dental, Short & Long-Term Disability
• Generous PTO (including paid time to volunteer!)
• Up to 9.5% 401(k) employer contribution
• Mental health support
• Career advancement opportunities
• Student loan repayment options
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environments
• Position Overview

Unum is expanding our team of expert physicians to serve as Medical Consultants!

Step into a role that lets you leverage your clinical expertise without the demands of face‑to‑face patient care.

If you’re board-certified in Psychiatry, as a Medical Consultant at Unum you’ll enjoy a full but well‑balanced schedule with the freedom to focus on thoughtful, analytical work.

This position offers the rare opportunity to apply your medical knowledge in a new way— you’ll review and evaluate medical documentation for disability claims in a collaborative, team‑oriented environment.

Enjoy competitive benefits, generous PTO, and more.

If you’re seeking intellectually stimulating work with meaningful impact, this role offers a refreshing next chapter in your career.

• Principal Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide timely, clear medical direction and opinions to team partners, with reasoned forensic analysis to support the medical opinions
• Partner/consult with fellow medical consultants when appropriate to ensure the completion of a whole person analysis
• Apply medical knowledge to determine functional capacity through assessment of medical and other data related to impairment, regarding accuracy of diagnoses, treatment plans, duration guidelines, and prognosis
• Provide relevant medical education and knowledge to others in terms appropriate and understandable to the intended audience
• Perform telephone contacts with the insured’s healthcare providers to gather medical information and to facilitate a better understanding of the claimant’s functional abilities
• Make timely and appropriate referrals for second opinion reviews when appropriate or required according to current guidelines and best practices
• Demonstrate ability to manage and complete high volumes of assigned work, maintain consistently good turnaround times, and operate with a sense of urgency
• Focus not only on individual workload, but on the team/group work volumes to ensure organizational success
• Receive feedback and follow through with appropriate behaviors/actions
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Job Specifications
• Professional Degree (MD, DO, Ph D, Psy D)
• Active, unrestricted US medical license
• Board certification required for physicians in their area of specialty
• Minimum of five years of clinical experience in medical specialty
• Strong team and collaborative skills. Ability to work in a fast paced, team based, corporate environment
• Ability to mentor others and to give and receive constructive, behaviorally based feedback with peers and partners

Unum is an equal opportunity employer, considering all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

The base salary range for applicants for this position is $133,500.00 - $274,100.00.

Unless actual salary is indicated above in the job description, actual pay will be based on skill, geographical location and experience.

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