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 welcome and the enthusiasm you give accomplish your life’s finest work.( sm)

The Medical Assistant (MA) takes part in offering 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 educated Medical Assistant. The MA carries out tasks within their scope of practice handed over by, and under the guidance of, a supplier (TX) or doctor (FL)

Duties consist of: Organizes 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 duty of a medical company. The MA helps in recognizing client requirements or issues and interacting information to the service provider or other members of the medical group. The MA provides quality client service. Guarantees policy and treatments are followed consisting of infection control, personal privacy and privacy. Finishes compulsory 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 by means of noninvasive strategies and gathers blood specimens through venipuncture or by means of capillary, carries out EKGs. Carries out quality assurance examine devices. Prepares and sanitizes medical devices utilizing the autoclave
  • Rooms clients according to policy and treatments, prepares client for evaluation
  • Records client care paperwork 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 examination and treatment spaces, stocks and cleans up spaces and decontaminates instruments
  • Practices basic infection control preventative 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 tasks 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 along with 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 acquire 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 exact same level as a “licensed” Medical Assistant.
  • Current BLS accreditation for doctor (composed examination 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 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 need to likewise adhere to those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will follow all federal, state and regional guidelines along with all customer requirements and will acquire essential evidence of vaccination, and boosters when suitable, previous to work to make sure compliance. Prospects should have the ability to carry out all vital 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 efficiently in emergency situation circumstances
  • Good interaction and client service abilities

Physical & Mental Requirements:

  • Ability to raise, press or pull >35 pounds. with support 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 rational 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 staff members 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 an important task function. UnitedHealth Group follows all federal, state and regional COVID-19 vaccination policies along with all customer COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will acquire the required info from prospects prior to work to make sure compliance. Prospects should 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 basic. We’re innovators in preventative healthcare, making every effort to alter the face of healthcare for senior citizens. We’re affecting 550,000+ lives, mainly Medicare qualified elders 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 suppliers and personnel are chosen for their devotion and concentrate on preventative, proactive care. For you, that suggests 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 senior citizens. Through the WellMed Care Model, we concentrate on assisting our clients remain healthy by offering the care they require from medical professionals who appreciate them. We partner with numerous Medicare Advantage health insurance in Texas and Florida and eagerly anticipate continuing development.

Diversity produces 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, safeguarded experienced status, impairment status, sexual preference, gender identity or expression, marital status, hereditary info, or any other particular safeguarded by law.

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

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