Job Description

Opportunities with American Health Network, OptumCare partner. When you join American Health Network (AHN), you become part of a team that strives to identify and retain the top healthcare professionals in the markets it serves. At American Health Network, we want to be the best health care organization we can be. Our mission is to improve the health of our patients. Were a physician-led organization, operating over 70 medical offices in Indiana and Ohio, with over 300 providers and 1200 employees. Were also an OptumCare partner, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, and backed by the resources of a global health care organization working to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Thats an important differentiator as more people need our help simplifying the complexities of the American health care system. At the same time, the culture of AHN supports work-life flexibility for providers and places a high value on their physical, emotional, financial and other aspects of well-being.

Find out what it means to be part of an exceptional company that values its providers, its role in health care, and making a difference one patient at a time. Take a look at American Health Network and explore a new path to your lifes best work.(sm)

The Medical Assistant performs a variety of duties related to providing patient care.

Primary Responsibilities:

Prepare examination rooms and sterilizing equipment
Room patients, obtain health history, check vital signs and perform EKGs
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

Youll 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/GED
Medical Assistant Diploma and/or Medical Assistant Certification or ability to obtain a Medical Assistant Certification within the first 6 months of employment (CCMA, AMT, AAMA, NHA, NCCT, NAHP)

Preferred Qualifications:

1+ year of clinical experience as a Medical Assistant
CPR certification
NextGen experience
EHR/EMR experience

Proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases is an employment requirement.

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Locum, Work at office,

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