Medical Assistant MA

Requisition Number: 2213674
Job Category: Healthcare Delivery
Primary Location: Indianapolis, IN

Doctor consulting nurse at nurse station.

$1,000 Sign On bonus available for external applicants!

 

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.  

Location: 10421 E. CR. 100 N. Indianapolis, IN 46234.  This office is located on the border of Avon and Indianapolis, IN 
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 9:00am-5pm / No evenings, weekends, or holidays!
Specialty: Family Medicine 

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Prepare examination rooms and sterilizing equipment
  • Room patients, obtain health history, check vital signs and perform EKG’s
  • Administer injections and collect specimens
  • Document patient care using NextGen electronic medical record software
  • Schedule appointments, complete prior authorizations, process medication refills, handle referrals, answer calls and complete paperwork
  • Assist physicians and nurse practitioners with minor, in-office procedures
     

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.

Required Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Graduated from an accredited MA program 
  • Medical Assistant Certification (CMA or RMA) or you must be willing to attain that certification within 180 days of the start date
  • CPR certification
     

Preferred Qualifications:

  • EMR / EHR experience
  • Experience with NextGen medical record software
  • Experience with medical front office and back-office duties including vitals, phlebotomy, injections, casting/splinting, administering medications, referrals, prior authorizations, and insurance verifications
     

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience, which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description, may be substituted for the above requirements.

 

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.

Additional Job Detail Information

Requisition Number 2213674

Business Segment Optum Care Delivery

Employee Status Regular

Job Level Individual Contributor

Travel No

Country: US

Overtime Status Non-exempt

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Telecommuter Position No

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