Senior Travel Medical Assistant

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life’s best work.(sm)
The Senior Medical Assistant – Integration Practice Consultant will provide supervision, training, leadership and support to acquired clinic staff to ensure established policies, procedures, and operating guidelines for WellMed are being followed. Works closely with acquired providers and operational partners, including training teams, to ensure successful clinic integration.

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*Must reside in Florida and be willing to travel extensively throughout our Florida and possibly Texas markets

Primary Responsibilities:

• Travels to various assigned clinics to provide MA supervision, support and training in acquired clinics to support the integration process
• Provides supervision, support and serves as an on-going consultant resource to the acquired clinic to ensure performance goals are met
• Engages integration team to provide appropriate resources for training, tools and support to the clinic team to reach desired optimal state of operation
• Builds and maintains relationships across business groups and cross functional teams, including PSR’s, MA’s, RN/LVN’s, APC’s, Physicians and leadership
• Supervises and serves as an Integration practice consultant assisting clinical staff in defining and executing appropriate workflows based on introduction of new processes
• Demonstrates a subject matter expert knowledge of and ability to perform skills within the scope of a Certified Medical Assistant, including but not limited to, procedures, injections, screenings, EKGs and phlebotomy. Able to adjust to clinic activities that often vary from day to day
• Performs, supervises and trains the standard tasks associated with patient care with minimal oversight from supervisor:
  • Prepares charts prior to clinic sessions, ensures all specialist reports and test results are documented and available for physician review. Processes appropriate documents in an organized and accurate fashion
  • Rooms patients according to company standards, updates medication lists and completes screenings as indicated
  • Records patient care documentation in the medical record accurately and in a timely manner
  • Assists the provider during patient visits, including documenting portions of the visit in the electronic medical record while the provider is examining the patient. Requires active listening and the ability to accurately capture the provider’s instructions

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 graduate or GED equivalent
  
• Four or more years of experience as a Certified Medical Assistant
  
• Current, valid nationally recognized Medical Assistant Certification
  
• Current, valid BLS certification
  
• Extensive travel throughout WellMed markets - approx. 90% travel
  
• Computer literacy and the ability to master new applications and electronic medical records
  
• Knowledge of medical terminology
  
• ICD-10 and CPT coding
  
• This position requires Tuberculosis screening as well as proof of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through lab confirmation of immunity, documented evidence of vaccination, or a doctor's diagnosis of disease

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) verbal and written proficiency
  
• Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program
  
• Experience with WellMed Care Model and processes
  
• Experience with senior population in healthcare

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 380,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)


Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer 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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pa ss a drug test before beginning employment.



Job Keywords: MA, Certified Medical Assistant, Travel, WellMed, Optum, Tampa, Florida, Bilingual Spanish, Senior, Geriatric, ICD-10 and CPT coding, Electronic Medical Records