UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group

  • Houston, TX
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
$1,200 Sign-On Bonus for External Candidates

PLEASE NOTE The Sign-On Bonus is just offered to external prospects. Prospects who are presently working for a UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or an associated entity in a full-time, part-time, or daily basis (” Internal Candidates”) are not qualified to get a Sign-On Bonus.

Do you have empathy and an enthusiasm to assist others? Changing health care and countless lives as an outcome begins with the worths you accept and the enthusiasm you give attain your life’s finest work.( sm)

The Medical Assistant (MA) takes part in offering client care at the proper ability level. They have a responsibility to offer a requirement of care that fulfills or surpasses that of a fairly skilled and educated Medical Assistant. The MA carries out tasks within their scope of practice entrusted by, and under the guidance of, a company (TX) or doctor (FL)

Position in this function arranges the medical environment and offers assistance in client care circumstances. Assistance consists of however is not restricted to helping doctors and nursing workers, consisting of those abilities noted under Job Functions listed below in addition to different other treatments under the direct guidance and obligation of a medical service provider. The MA helps in recognizing client requirements or issues and interacting information to the company or other members of the medical group. The MA provides quality client service. Makes sure policy and treatments are followed consisting of infection control, personal privacy and privacy. Finishes necessary training.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Performs all responsibilities within the scope of a Medical Assistant’s practice. Runs diagnostic devices (can not translate tests), eliminate staples from shallow injuries, modifications wound dressing and gets cultures, administers non-intravenous medication, carries out easy specimen collection through noninvasive strategies and gathers blood specimens by means of venipuncture or by means of capillary, carries out EKGs. Carries out quality assurance examine devices. Prepares and decontaminates medical devices utilizing the autoclave
  • Rooms clients according to policy and treatments, prepares client for assessment
  • Records client care paperwork in the medical record precisely and in a prompt way
  • Coordinates client care as directed by doctors, business requirements and policies
  • Respects client privacy at all times and deals with clients with courtesy and regard
  • Organizes test and treatment spaces, stocks and cleans up spaces and decontaminates instruments
  • Practices basic infection control safety measures
  • Telephone and in-person screening restricted to consumption and event of info without needing the workout of judgment based upon scientific understanding
  • Supports and follows Standard Delegation of Orders (SDO)
  • Performs all other associated responsibilities as appointed

You’ll be rewarded and acknowledged for your efficiency in an environment that will challenge you and offer you clear instructions on what it requires to be successful in your function in addition to offer advancement for other functions you might have an interest in.

Required Qualifications:

  • High school graduate or GED equivalent
  • Current, nationally acknowledged Medical Assistant accreditation or the capability to get the accreditation within 180 days of work. Medical Assistants who are employed prior to getting their accreditation are anticipated to carry out at the exact same level as a “accredited” Medical Assistant
  • Current BLS accreditation for doctor (composed test and in-person evaluation) sometimes of hire or within 30 days of hire
  • Knowledge of medical terms
  • Basic computer system literacy needed, with intermediate Excel abilities
  • This position needs Tuberculosis screening in addition to evidence of resistance to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through laboratory verification of resistance, recorded proof of vaccination, or a physician’s medical diagnosis of illness
  • Full COVID-19 vaccination is a necessary task function of this function. Prospects situated in states that mandate COVID-19 booster dosages should likewise abide by those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will comply with all federal, state and regional guidelines along with all customer requirements and will get needed evidence of vaccination, and boosters when appropriate, previous to work to guarantee compliance. Prospects need to have the ability to carry out all vital task functions with or without sensible lodging

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of experience as a Medical Assistant
  • Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding
  • Bilingual
  • Ability to respond calmly and successfully in emergency situation scenarios
  • Good interaction and customer care abilities

Physical & Mental Requirements:

  • Ability to raise, press or pull >35 pounds. with support
  • Ability to mean prolonged amount of times
  • Ability to utilize great motor abilities to run devices and/or equipment
  • Ability to get and understand directions verbally and/or in composing
  • Ability to utilize rational thinking for easy and complicated issue resolving
  • Occasionally needs direct exposure to infectious illness or physical fluids
  • Ability to discriminate tones of color when checking out dipstick

To secure the health and wellness of our labor force, clients and neighborhoods we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate business need all workers to divulge COVID-19 vaccination status prior to starting work. In addition, some functions and places need complete COVID-19 vaccination, consisting of boosters, as a necessary task function. UnitedHealth Group abides by all federal, state and regional COVID-19 vaccination policies along with all customer COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will acquire the essential details from prospects prior to work to guarantee compliance. Prospects need to have the ability to carry out all important task functions with or without sensible lodging. Failure to satisfy the vaccination requirement might lead to rescission of a work deal or termination of work

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is easy. We’re innovators in preventative healthcare, aiming to alter the face of healthcare for elders. We’re affecting 550,000+ lives, mostly Medicare qualified senior citizens in Texas and Florida, through main and multi-specialty centers, and contracted medical management services. We’ve signed up with Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group household of business, and our objective is to assist the ill ended up being well and to assist clients comprehend and manage their health in a long-lasting effort at health. Our companies and personnel are chosen for their commitment and concentrate on preventative, proactive care. For you, that indicates one unbelievable group and a particular chance to do your life’s finest work.( sm)

WellMed was established in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led business that might alter the face of health care shipment for elders. Through the WellMed Care Model, we focus on assisting our clients remain healthy by supplying the care they require from medical professionals who appreciate them. We partner with several Medicare Advantage health insurance in Texas and Florida and anticipate continuing development.

Diversity develops a much healthier environment: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action companies and all certified candidates will get factor to consider for work without regard to race, color, religious beliefs, sex, age, nationwide origin, secured seasoned status, special needs status, sexual preference, gender identity or expression, marital status, hereditary details, or any other particular secured by law.

OptumCare is a drug-free office. Prospects are needed to pass a drug test prior to starting work.

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