Medical Assistant

Full Time
Plantation, FL 33324
Posted
Job description

Healthcare isn’t just about health anymore. It’s about caring for family, friends, finances, and personal life goals. It’s about living life fully. At Conviva, we want to help people everywhere, including our associates, lead their best lives. We support our associates to be happier, healthier, and more productive in their professional and personal lives. We encourage our people to build relationships that inspire, support, and challenge them. We promote lifelong well-being by giving our associates fresh perspective, new insights, and exciting opportunities to grow their careers. At Conviva, we’re seeking innovative people who want to make positive changes in their lives, the lives of our members, and the healthcare industry as a whole.

The Medical Assistant is the first point of contact for patient care. Responsible for administrative duties in addition to patient care. The Medical Assistant performs varied activities and moderately complex administrative/operational/customer support assignments. Performs computations. Typically works on semi-routine assignments.

Responsibilities

The Medical Assistant performs clinical duties such as discussing symptoms and gathering and inputting information into the electronic medical records system, taking vital signs, giving injections, performing diagnostic tests, collecting specimens, drawing blood, sterilizing and cleaning equipment, and maintaining examination rooms at an outpatient care site. Collaborates closely with Physicians and Nurses. Delivers direct patient care dependent on what active certification allows. Decisions are typically focus on interpretation of area/department policy and methods for completing assignments. Works within defined parameters to identify work expectations and quality standards, but has some latitude over prioritization/timing, and works under minimal direction. Follows standard policies/practices that allow for some opportunity for interpretation/deviation and/or independent discretion.

Medical Assistant Job Functions:

  • Prepares the examination room for the patient
  • Performs EKGs and PFTs
  • Taking patient vital signs and recording vitals in medical chart
  • Draws blood for elderly patients
  • Assist Doctor
  • Scheduling appointments for patients as well as registration
  • Verifies patient information by interviewing patients; reviewing and/or recording medical history; confirming purpose of visit or treatment.

Required Qualifications:

  • At least 1 year or more of Medical Assistant experience in 'back-office' direct patient care
  • This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana/Senior Bridge's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
  • Must be a team player with excellent communication skills
  • Experience in a fast-paced/high volume environment
  • Experience with MS Outlook
  • Basic Computer knowledge

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on professional Phlebotomy experience
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish OR English and Creole is HIGHLY preferred
  • Experience with Electronic Medical Records
  • Experience with HEDIS
  • Active Medical Assistant Certification or Registration from the following: American Association of Medical Assistant (AAMA), National Healthcareer Association, American Registry of Medical Assistants, National Association for Health Professionals, and/or American Medical Technologist

Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Being a part of the Conviva team gives you: We offer tangible and intangible benefits such as medical, dental and vision benefits, 401k, tuition reimbursement, vacation, paid holidays, work-life balance, growth, a positive and fun culture and much more.

Alert:

Conviva, a subsidiary of Humana, values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants being considered for an interview will be asked to provide a social security number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from Humana@myworkday.com with instructions to add the information into the application at Humana’s secure website.

Please Note

Associates are required to be fully COVID vaccinated, including booster, or undergo weekly COVID testing and wear a face covering while at work. The weekly testing will need to be done through an approved Humana vendor, and unvaccinated associates should follow all social distancing and masking protocols if they are required to come into a Humana facility or work outside of their home.

If progressed to offer, candidates will be required to:

  • Provide proof of full vaccination, including booster OR
  • Provide proof of applicable exemption including any required supporting documentation

Medical, religious, and state exemptions will be available.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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