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Medical Assistant Optum AZ - Tucson
Medical Assistant Optum AZ - Tucson-March 2024
Tucson
Mar 30, 2026
ABOUT UNITEDHEALTH GROUP
With offices around the world, UnitedHealth Group's headquarters are located in the Minneapolis metropolitan area.
10,000+ employees
Healthcare
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About Medical Assistant Optum AZ - Tucson

  $4,000 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates

  No Nights, Weekends or Holidays

  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.

  In this Medical Assistant role, you will learn from healthcare experts as you work side by side to provide care for patients in a clinic setting. You will build meaningful relationships with patients, their family members, healthcare providers, and office staff while providing high quality direct patient care. You will enjoy profound job satisfaction as you impact the care and comfort of our patient population. We offer the benefits of working for a large, multi - national company - career opportunities, great benefits, paid time off, and more! The successful candidate will have experience as a Medical Assistant and demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and have the ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.

  Primary Responsibilities:

  Overseeing and participating in day to day clinical care of patients

  Performs patient intake process (vital signs, history, medication review)

  Coordinate patient care as directed by physicians, company standards and policies

  Performs clinical procedures (injections, ear lavage, blood draws)

  Assists the providers with invasive procedures and minor surgeries

  Maintains clinical logs (exam room maintenance, temperature logs, blood specimen logs)

  Submits electronic referrals for additional services

  Enrolls / responds to electronic patient messages in the patient portal program

  Processes medication refills per protocol

  Makes / takes patient calls

  Schedule appointments when required

  Other responsibilities as assigned

  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

  Graduate from a Medical Assistant program / school, or a Registered Medical Assistant or Certified Medical Assist

  Current CPR card for Healthcare Professionals (BLS)

  Preferred Qualifications:

  1+ years of Medical Assistant experience

  Experience in working with HMO, PPO, Medicare

  EMR experience

  Bilingual English/Spanish speaking

  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

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