Medical Assistant
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: El Monte
Posted on: November 17, 2023
Job Description:
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 and help
people live healthier lives while doing your life's best
work.(sm)Looking for passionate Medical Assistants in El Monte,
Huntington Park, Downtown Los Angeles, Montebello, Monterey Park,
Glendale, Burbank, and surrounding cities. New grads welcome to
apply!It is time to take your career to the next level. As a
Medical Assistant at Optum, you will learn from health care experts
as you work side by side to provide care for patients in a clinical
setting. You will build meaningful relationships with patients,
their family members, health care providers, and office staff while
providing high-quality direct patient care. We'll offer you more
than talent, resources, and can-do culture. We will provide you
with the chance to improve the lives of others while helping
improve the lives of millions.Position Details:
- Full-time, Part-time, and Per diem schedules
- Setting: Primary care, internal medicine, urgent care, and
specialty
- Benefits and incentive award eligibility for Full-time and
Part-time rolesPrimary Responsibilities:
- Deliver high-quality patient care through face-to-face,
telephone, and electronic contact for examination, treatment,
monitoring, and preparation for diagnostic tests or procedures
- Collect and document patient information, including vital
signs, chief complaint, review of medications, allergies, health
risk screen information, the status of extended care benefits, and
other services
- Assist physicians and nursing personnel with injections, EKGs,
phlebotomy, and other patient care procedures as directed
- Coordinate patient care as directed by physicians, company
standards, and policies
- Assist with tasks, phone calls, and messages; document all
actions taken
- Proper, concise, and complete EMR documentation and paper-based
documentation for all assessments and procedures
- Prepare and clean patient rooms and set up instruments and
equipment according to protocol while maintaining infection
controlYou'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.Required
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED or equivalent experience
- Completion of a Medical Assistant program
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from AHA or willing to
obtain by date of hirePreferred Qualifications:
- Phlebotomy certification
- 1+ years of experience working as a Medical Assistant
- Electronic Medical Records (EMR) experience
- Bilingual English and Spanish California Residents Only: The
hourly range for California residents is $16.00 to $23.13. Pay is
based on several factors including but not limited to education,
work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary,
UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive
benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock
purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to
eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a
career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice
of benefits and incentives. -At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is
to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work
better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender,
sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to
live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too
many barriers to good health which are disproportionately
experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups
and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our
impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable
care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes
- an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.Diversity creates
a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any
other characteristic protected by law. -OptumCare is a drug-free
workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before
beginning employment.
Keywords: UnitedHealth Group, El Monte , Medical Assistant, Healthcare , El Monte, California
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