Medical Assistant - Lake Success, United States - Optum

Optum

Verified Company

Lake Success, United States

3 days ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Opportunities with Optum in the Tri-State region (formerly CareMount Medical, ProHEALTH New York and Riverside Medical Group). Come make a difference in the lives of people who turn to us for care at one of our hundreds of locations across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Work with state-of-the-art technology and brilliant co-workers who share your passion for helping people feel their best. Join a dynamic health care organization and discover the meaning behind
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
The Medical Assistant works to assist clinicians in providing health care at clinic locations.

A Medical Assistant serves the patient and all members of the health care team by gathering and maintaining the necessary medical information in a cheerful, friendly, personable manner.

This role provides quality patient care and helps to establish rapport between the clinician and patient. The Associate Medical Assistant works to assist clinicians in providing health care at clinic locations.

A Medical Assistant serves the patient and all members of the health care team by gathering and maintaining the necessary medical information in a cheerful, friendly, personable manner.

This role provides quality patient care and helps to establish rapport between the clinician and patient.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Medical Assistant will increasingly gain responsibility for providing assistance to the healthcare clinician by providing direct patient care

Obtains patient histories and vital signs and records accurately in the Electronic Medical Record
Prepares patients for examination and treatment and documents chief complaints
Retrieves laboratory and radiology test results and instructs patients regarding medications and treatment per clinician's instructions
Stocks supplies and prepares exam rooms and instruments for examinations, testing, or minor surgeries
Potential for heavy phone usage. Responds to incoming phone calls and refers if necessary. Calls patients as necessary to follow up and/or schedule appointments
Performs other duties as assigned

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.

Qualifications - External
Years of post-high school education can be substituted/is equivalent to years of experience.

Schedule
:
_Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm no weekends _

Required Qualifications:

1+ years of healthcare office experience
Experience in a medical office setting
Experience with PC and Microsoft office

Preferred Qualification:

Medical Assistant Certification
1+ years of experience working as a Medical Assistant performing front and clinical backoffice duties
Experience working with EPIC EMR software
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyoneof every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and incomedeserves 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._
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