UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group

  • Austin, 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)

USMD part of OptumCare is a multi-specialty group of healthcare facility, centers and doctors. USMD serves the Dallas-Fort Worth city with more than 250 doctors and associate specialists, and offers health care services to clients in more than 20 various specializeds at its 2 medical facilities, 4 cancer treatment centers and almost 50 doctor centers, a lot of which are multi-specialty.

The Senior Medical Assistant (MA) takes part in supplying client care at the suitable ability level. They have a task to supply a requirement of care that fulfills or surpasses that of a fairly qualified and experienced Medical Assistant. The Senior Medical Assistant helps in the training and orienting of MA personnel. The expectation is 25% of time is invested in center particular efforts that drive constant procedure and metrics enhancement in their center and improve establishing their management abilities. The Senior Medical Assistant is needed to carry out all responsibilities of the Medical Assistant within their scope of practice entrusted by, and under the guidance of, a service provider (TX) or doctor (FL).

This position arranges 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 obligation of a medical company. The Sr. MA helps in determining client requirements or issues and interacting information to the service provider or other members of the medical group. The Sr. MA provides quality customer support. Makes sure policy and treatments are followed consisting of infection control, personal privacy and privacy.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Performs all responsibilities at the professional level within the scope of a Medical Assistant’s scope of practice. Runs diagnostic devices (can not analyze tests), get rid of staples from shallow injuries, modifications wound dressing and acquires cultures, administers non intravenous medication carries out basic specimen collection through noninvasive strategies and gathers blood specimens through venipuncture or by means of capillary, carries out EKGs. Carries out quality assurance look at devices. Prepares and decontaminates medical devices utilizing the autoclave
  • Spends 25% of time committed to center metrics/projects/initiatives as appointed by center management to support and drive workflow & procedure enhancement within the center
  • Records client care paperwork in the medical record properly and in a prompt way. Determines when other MA’s documents is inaccurate and informs center management
  • Trains and coaches other MAs, consisting of helping with documents concerns
  • Promotes favorable workplace in the center as a culture ambassador
  • Coordinates client care as directed by company, and policies/procedures
  • Respects client privacy at all times. Guarantees others are likewise appreciating client privacy
  • Requires little support with basic and non-standard demands and resolves regular issues on own
  • Organizes test and treatment spaces, stocks and cleans up spaces and disinfects instruments. Collects materials based on service provider instructions. Makes sure that materials are readily available, stock is inventoried, log information is precise and products are turned. Follows up with disparities
  • Creates and preserves an environment that supports infection avoidance
  • Telephone and in-person screening restricted to consumption and event of info without needing the workout of judgment based upon medical understanding
  • Supports and follows Standard Delegation of Orders
  • Promotes a favorable workplace in which employee voluntarily serve each other
  • Ensures that all MAs know training they should get to constantly enhance efficiency
  • Performs all other associated tasks as designated

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 along with supply advancement for other functions you might have an interest in.

Required Qualifications:

  • High school graduate or GED equivalent
  • Current BLS accreditation for doctor (composed test and in-person evaluation) sometimes of hire or within 30 days of hire
  • 3+ years as a licensed MA or a mix of 5+ years of accredited and non-certified medical assistant experience (with 2+ years accredited)
  • Expert in computer system literacy in electronic health record
  • Intermediate Excel abilities
  • Knowledge of medical terms
  • Mastered ICD-10 and CPT coding
  • 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 vital 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 comply with all federal, state and regional policies in addition to all customer requirements and will get essential evidence of vaccination, and boosters when relevant, previous to work to make sure compliance. Prospects should have the ability to carry out all necessary task functions with or without sensible lodging

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 1+ years of lead or supervisory experience
  • Bilingual
  • Ability to coach others
  • Ability to respond calmly and successfully in emergency situation circumstances needed and presume a management function up until greater levels of care show up on scene
  • Excellent interaction and customer care abilities
  • Flexibility and nimbleness to adjust to alter

Physical and Mental Requirements:

  • Ability to raise, press or pull >35 pounds. with support
  • Ability to mean prolonged time periods
  • Ability to utilize great motor abilities to run devices and/or equipment
  • Ability to get and understand guidelines verbally and/or in composing
  • Ability to utilize sensible thinking for basic and intricate 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 staff members 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 complies with 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 guarantee compliance. Prospects need to have the ability to carry out all vital task functions with or without affordable lodging. Failure to satisfy the vaccination requirement might lead to rescission of a work deal or termination of work.

Careers with USMD. If you’re concept of a terrific day at work includes putting terrific originalities to work, we ought to talk. Throughout the higher Dallas location, we’ve constructed a developing, incorporated healthcare design that brings medical care and expert service providers together to operate in brand-new and much better methods. A growing part of OptumCare and the UnitedHealth Group household of business, our multi – specialized group of health centers, centers and service providers includes more than 250 doctors and associate professionals. We supply healthcare services to clients in more than 20 various specializeds at our 2 medical facilities, 4 cancer treatment centers and almost 50 doctor centers. Join us and begin doing 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 physicians who appreciate them. We partner with numerous 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 experienced 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 work environment. Prospects are needed to pass a drug test prior to starting work

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