Medical Assistant (Per Diem)
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. Optum’s Pacific West region is redefining health care with a focus on health equity, affordability, quality, and convenience. From California to Oregon and Washington, we are focused on helping more than 2.5 million patients live healthier lives and helping the health system work better for everyone. At Optum Pacific West, we care. We care for our team members, our patients, and our communities. Join our culture of caring and make a positive and lasting impact on health care for millions. 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’ll provide you with a chance to improve the lives of others while helping improve the lives of millions. 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
- Completion of a Medical Assistant program
- Experience as a Medical Assistant
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from AHA or willing to obtain by date of hire
Nice To Haves
- 1+ years of experience as a Medical Assistant in Primary Care
- Phlebotomy certification
- Electronic medical records (EMR) experience (Epic)
- Bilingual English and Spanish
Responsibilities
- Delivers high-quality patient care through face-to-face, telephone, and electronic contact for examination, treatment, monitoring, and preparation for diagnostic tests or procedures
- Collects and documents patient information, including vital signs, chief complaints, 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
- Coordinates patient care as directed by physicians, company standards, and policies
- Assists with tasking, phone calls, and messages; documents all actions are taken
- Proper, concise, and complete EMR documentation and paper-based documentation for all assessments and procedures
- Prepares and cleans patients' rooms and sets up instruments and equipment according to protocol while maintaining infection control
Benefits
- a comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
