Medical Assistant MA Zionsville IN
About The Position
For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. It is time to take your career to the next level. In this Medical Assistant role, you will learn from healthcare experts as you work side by side to provide care for patients in a clinic setting. At OptumCare, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of business, you will build meaningful relationships with patients, their family members, health care providers and office staff while providing high quality direct patient care. Position Details: Location: American Health Network, a Part of Optum: 10649 Bennett Parkway Zionsville, IN 46077 Schedule: Monday 7:45am-1pm, Tues-Friday 7:45am-5:30pm; No weekends or holidays! Specialty: Family Practice 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.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Medical Assistant diploma, technical certificate, or certification OR 1+ years of experience performing the critical skills of a Medical Assistant after on-the-job training OR Current enrollment in an accredited Medical Assistant training program OR Active EMT certification accredited
- Medical Assistant Certification (CMA, CCMA, NCMA, or RMA) or must be willing to attain that certification within 9 months of start date
Nice To Haves
- CPR certification
- Additional healthcare certifications including ARRT, CEHRS, CBCS, CMAA, CPT
- Experience working as an MA or EMT in a primary care setting
- Experience with NextGen or other electronic medical record (EMR) software
- Experience performing medical back-office tasks including injections/immunizations, phlebotomy, urinalysis, and administering medications
- Experience performing medical front-office tasks including scheduling appointments, prior authorizations, medication refills, and referrals
Responsibilities
- Prepares patient and treatment rooms; sterilizes medical equipment
- Rooms patients, obtains health history, and measures and documents vital signs (pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, height, weight)
- Documents patient care and medical history using NextGen electronic medical record (EMR) software
- Assists physicians with minor, in-office procedures
- Schedules appointments, completes prior authorizations, processes medication refills, handles referrals, answers calls and completes necessary paperwork
- Performs CLIA waived testing
- Administers injections or treatments and performs routine laboratory tests
- Maintains all Practice Health and Safety Standards
- Complies with Medical Assistant Certification Procedure by becoming certified (CMA, CCMA, NCMA, or RMA) within 9 months of employment
Benefits
- a comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
