UnitedHealth Group is accepting job applications immediately for positions at its service center in Harlingen, Texas.

Managed by Ovations, UnitedHealth Group’s health and well-being company for seniors, the service center is slated to open in late summer or early fall 2009, and will initially employ between 100 and 150 employees. The facility may grow to up to 250 employees by the end of the year, and more than 700 employees over the next five years.

The UnitedHealth Group service center in Harlingen will support Ovation’s existing Medicare business. The center’s representatives will perform a number of critical functions including handling consumer calls related to enrollment, general plan & medical benefits, billing, Part D prescription drug coverage and member ID cards.

UnitedHealth Group will partner with Texas State Technical College and Workforce Solutions Cameron to begin training employees as early as June.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, UnitedHealth Group offers a broad spectrum of products and services through six operating businesses: UnitedHealthcare, Ovations, AmeriChoice, OptumHealth, Ingenix, and Prescription Solutions. UnitedHealth Group serves more than 70 million individuals nationwide.