Medical Assistant Lead - Phoenix, AZ - Full-time / Part-time

Up for the challenge of a lifetime? Join and lead a team of the best and the brightest to find bold new ways to proactively improve the health and quality of life of our millions of customers. You'll find a wealth of dynamic opportunities to grow and develop as we work together to heal and strengthen our health care system. Ready? It's time to do your life's best work.(sm)
Primary Responsibilities:

Manage 6 MA staff to include time management, work assignments, assessment of training needs, and participation in performance evaluation activities

Create and maintain calendars and Sharepoint site for deployment and coordination of NP Staff and supporting MA staff to network primary clinics and Optum community centers

Prepare, maintain and manage department documentation to include regular reports, internal office communications among network staff and NP staff, external communication to primary care clinics and OptumCare management

Coordinate closely with all stakeholders to include network management, marketing, customer service, and community center staff to ensure highest level of communication and coordination

Act as key liaison between new Community Centers and deployment of NP and MA staff

Participate in workflow process and policy development in conjunction with network and clinical staff

Plan and organize logistics related to meetings, training sessions and events that engage the NP and MA staff to include presentation of education to patients
 
 

 
Required Qualifications:


Medical Assistant Certification with 5+ year direct patient care experience

3+ years experience in managed care operations

Associate Degree

Prior training experience in a healthcare delivery setting
Preferred Qualifications:


Bachelor’s Degree
 
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system 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
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 pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Job Keywords: patient care, managed care, healthcare, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona

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