Medical Assistant WellMed Cedar Hill, TX

Company: UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Location: Cedar Hill
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)

Compassion is the essential trait that drives superior health care performance. But it's just a start. At OptumCare innovative thinking is just as important. Our unique team of health care providers are an emerging and important part of Optum and the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. Our approach is designed to help physicians and other providers deliver the right care at the right time in the right setting. That takes smart ideas and incredible teamwork. And that's where you come in. In this role, you'll support a clinical team that's helping patients in new and better ways while giving them a generous helping of compassion and respect.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Perform patient care activities to assist physicians and nursing personnel, including procedures, injections, EKGs and phlebotomy
• Show patients to exam rooms according to company standards
• Record patient care documentation in the medical record
• Coordinate patient care as directed by physicians, company standards and policies
• Organize exam and treatment rooms, and sterilize instruments

You'll need to be able to work a flexible schedule in multiple locations, while managing multiple priorities. You'll find the pace fast and the patient-centered environment inspiring.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED
• Graduate from an Accredited Medical Assistant program OR 3+ years of military trained medical assistant experience
• Current CPR card OR willing to obtain within 30 days
• 1+ years of experience in a primary care office with both front and back office experience
• 1+ years of experience as a Medical Assistant
• Working knowledge of health insurance: HMO, PPO, Medicare and Medicaid
• ICD-9 and CPT coding experience
• You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of related experience in a medical setting
• Bilingual (English / Spanish) language proficiency

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Job Keywords: Certified Medical Assistant, CMA, Medical Assistant, MA, Registered Medical Assistant, RMA, Clinic, Primary Care, Adult Medicine, Ambulatory Care, Internal Medicine, Cedar Hill, TX, Texas

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