UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group

  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
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 supplying client care at the suitable ability level. They have a task to offer a requirement of care that fulfills or surpasses that of a fairly qualified and well-informed Medical Assistant. The MA carries out tasks within their scope of practice handed over by, and under the guidance of, a service provider (TX) or doctor (FL)

Duties consist of: Organizes the scientific environment and offers assistance in client care scenarios. Assistance consists of however is not restricted to helping doctors and nursing workers, consisting of those abilities noted under Job Functions listed below together with numerous other treatments under the direct guidance and duty of a medical supplier. The MA helps in determining client requirements or issues and interacting information to the company or other members of the medical group. The MA provides quality customer care. Guarantees policy and treatments are followed consisting of infection control, personal privacy and privacy. Finishes necessary training.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Performs all tasks within the scope of a Medical Assistant’s practice. Runs diagnostic devices (can not analyze tests), get rid of staples from shallow injuries, modifications wound dressing and gets cultures, administers non-intravenous medication, carries out basic specimen collection by means of noninvasive strategies and gathers blood specimens through venipuncture or through capillary, carries out EKGs. Carries out quality assurance look at devices. Prepares and disinfects medical devices utilizing the autoclave
  • Rooms clients according to policy and treatments, prepares client for assessment
  • Records client care documents in the medical record properly 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 provide you clear instructions on what it requires to prosper in your function in addition to supply 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 worked with prior to getting their accreditation are anticipated to carry out at the very same level as a “licensed” Medical Assistant.
  • Current BLS accreditation for doctor (composed test and in-person evaluation) sometimes of hire or within 30 days of hire
  • Basic computer system literacy needed, with intermediate Excel abilities
  • Knowledge of medical terms
  • This position needs Tuberculosis screening along with evidence of resistance to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through laboratory verification of resistance, recorded proof of vaccination, or a medical professional’s medical diagnosis of illness.
  • Full COVID-19 vaccination is an important task function of this function. Prospects situated in states that mandate COVID-19 booster dosages need to likewise adhere to those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will abide by all federal, state and regional guidelines along with all customer requirements and will get required evidence of vaccination, and boosters when appropriate, previous to work to make sure compliance. Prospects should have the ability to carry out all important task functions with or without affordable lodging

Preferred Qualifications:

  • At least one year of experience as a Medical Assistant
  • Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding
  • Bilingual
  • Ability to respond calmly and successfully in emergency situation circumstances
  • Good interaction and client service abilities

Physical & Mental Requirements:

  • Ability to raise, press or pull >35 pounds. with help Ability to represent 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 sensible thinking for easy and intricate issue fixing 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 reveal COVID-19 vaccination status prior to starting work. In addition, some functions and places need complete COVID-19 vaccination, consisting of boosters, as an important task function. UnitedHealth Group follows all federal, state and regional COVID-19 vaccination guidelines in addition to all customer COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will get the essential details from prospects prior to work to make sure compliance. Prospects should have the ability to carry out all vital task functions with or without affordable lodging. Failure to fulfill the vaccination requirement might lead to rescission of a work deal or termination of work.

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is basic. 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 service providers and personnel are chosen for their devotion and concentrate on preventative, proactive care. For you, that implies 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 concentrate 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, faith, sex, age, nationwide origin, secured seasoned status, special needs status, sexual preference, gender identity or expression, marital status, hereditary details, or any other particular safeguarded by law.

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

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