Job Description
Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
The VSP Medical Assistant assists physicians and other clinicians by providing a unique blend of skills and knowledge to carry out prescribed medical treatment. The Medical Assistant is a multiskilled health professional responsible for performing administrative and clinical tasks while delivering outstanding customer service and maintaining positive patient engagement.
Activities performed are moderately complex in nature that may require discretion or interpretation of policies, procedures, practices, and protocols. Requires supervision within standard guidelines and maintains established quality control standards.
The VSP Medical Assistant works closely with providers under their direct supervision to: manage the provider’s schedule to ensure efficient workflow, perform pre-visit planning based on patient visit type, room patients. Gathers and enters patient information into electronic medical records and identifies and carries our HEDIS and STARS quality measures. Takes vital signs, administers medication, performs diagnostic tests, collects specimens including phlebotomy, and maintains equipment and patient care areas. Works within defined parameters and requires instructions only on new tasks. Makes decisions based on following standard guidelines/policies/practices/protocols that allow for some opportunity within scope for interpretation/deviation and/or independent discretion, including latitude over prioritization and timing of tasks. Seeks new ways to improve own work and development.
VSP Medical Assistant Job Functions:
- Perform pre-visit planning based on patient visit type
- Manage the provider’s schedule to ensure efficient workflow
- Obtain and record medical history and vital signs
- Room patients and assist healthcare providers with medical procedures and treatments
- Perform specimen collection and point of care testing
- Prepare and administer medications under direction of healthcare providers
- Ensure accurate documentation in the electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical record (EMR) systems, including documentation of HEDIS and Stars quality measures
- Maintain established quality control standards
Use your skills to make an impact
Additional Information
Required Qualifications
- Medical Assistant diploma or certificate of completion from a Medical Assisting program
- Current CPR certification
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Preferred Qualifications
- An active Certified Medical Assistant/CMA or Registered Medical Assistant/RMA certification from one of the following organizations: AAMA, AMT, ARMA, MedCa, NAHP, NAHT, NCCT, NHA or AAH
- 1 or more years of Medical Assistant experience in 'back-office' direct patient care
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Experience with HEDIS and ICD/CPT coding
- Hands-on professional Phlebotomy experience
- Experience with Electronic Medical Records
- Experience in a fast paced/high volume environment
Medical Assistant Working hours:
Monday to Friday 8AM-5PM [available working days and hours]
Scheduled 32 hours per week
Local travel is required; Mileage is reimbursed
*Note: This is a Variable Staffing Position meaning we will guarantee you 32 hours per week but you could be scheduled to work 40 hours per week.
This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana’s Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
Alert
Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may 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 on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website.
Interview Format:
To enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. Modern Hire Text allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information for you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.
If you are selected for a first round interview, you will receive an email correspondence inviting you to participate in a Modern Hire text interview. In this interview, you will read to a set of interview questions and you will provide text responses to each question. You should anticipate this interview to take about 15 minutes. Your text interview will be reviewed and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.
Language Proficiency Testing:
Bilingual English/Spanish. Must be able to speak, read and write in both languages without limitations or assistance. See Additional Information on testing. Any Humana associate who speaks with a member in a language other than English must take a language proficiency assessment, provided by an outside vendor, to ensure competency. Applicants will be required to take the Interagency Language Rating (ILR) test as provided by the Federal Government.
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Scheduled Weekly Hours
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Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$34,500 – $47,400 per year
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers benefits for limited term, variable schedule and per diem associates which are designed to support whole-person well-being. Among these benefits, Humana provides paid time off, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee assistance program, business travel and accident.
About Us
About CenterWell Senior Primary Care: CenterWell Senior Primary Care provides proactive, preventive care to seniors, including wellness visits, physical exams, chronic condition management, screenings, minor injury treatment and more. Our unique care model focuses on personalized experiences, taking time to listen, learn and address the factors that impact patient well-being. Our integrated care teams, which include physicians, nurses, behavioral health specialists and more, spend up to 50 percent more time with patients, providing compassionate, personalized care that brings better health outcomes. We go beyond physical health by also addressing other factors that can impact a patient’s well-being.
About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell creates experiences that put patients at the center. As the nation’s largest provider of senior-focused primary care, one of the largest providers of home health services, and fourth largest pharmacy benefit manager, CenterWell is focused on whole-person health by addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients. As part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), CenterWell offers stability, industry-leading benefits, and opportunities to grow yourself and your career. We proudly employ more than 30,000 clinicians who are committed to putting health first – for our teammates, patients, communities and company. By providing flexible scheduling options, clinical certifications, leadership development programs and career coaching, we allow employees to invest in their personal and professional well-being, all from day one.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
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Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
The VSP Medical Assistant assists physicians and other clinicians by providing a unique blend of skills and knowledge to carry out prescribed medical treatment. The Medical Assistant is a multiskilled health professional responsible for performing administrative and clinical tasks while delivering outstanding customer service and maintaining positive patient engagement.
Activities performed are moderately complex in nature that may require discretion or interpretation of policies, procedures, practices, and protocols. Requires supervision within standard guidelines and maintains established quality control standards.
The VSP Medical Assistant works closely with providers under their direct supervision to: manage the provider’s schedule to ensure efficient workflow, perform pre-visit planning based on patient visit type, room patients. Gathers and enters patient information into electronic medical records and identifies and carries our HEDIS and STARS quality measures. Takes vital signs, administers medication, performs diagnostic tests, collects specimens including phlebotomy, and maintains equipment and patient care areas. Works within defined parameters and requires instructions only on new tasks. Makes decisions based on following standard guidelines/policies/practices/protocols that allow for some opportunity within scope for interpretation/deviation and/or independent discretion, including latitude over prioritization and timing of tasks. Seeks new ways to improve own work and development.
VSP Medical Assistant Job Functions:
- Perform pre-visit planning based on patient visit type
- Manage the provider’s schedule to ensure efficient workflow
- Obtain and record medical history and vital signs
- Room patients and assist healthcare providers with medical procedures and treatments
- Perform specimen collection and point of care testing
- Prepare and administer medications under direction of healthcare providers
- Ensure accurate documentation in the electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical record (EMR) systems, including documentation of HEDIS and Stars quality measures
- Maintain established quality control standards
Use your skills to make an impact
Additional Information
Required Qualifications
- Medical Assistant diploma or certificate of completion from a Medical Assisting program
- Current CPR certification
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
Preferred Qualifications
- An active Certified Medical Assistant/CMA or Registered Medical Assistant/RMA certification from one of the following organizations: AAMA, AMT, ARMA, MedCa, NAHP, NAHT, NCCT, NHA or AAH
- 1 or more years of Medical Assistant experience in 'back-office' direct patient care
- Bilingual in English and Spanish
- Experience with HEDIS and ICD/CPT coding
- Hands-on professional Phlebotomy experience
- Experience with Electronic Medical Records
- Experience in a fast paced/high volume environment
Medical Assistant Working hours:
Monday to Friday 8AM-5PM [available working days and hours]
Scheduled 32 hours per week
Local travel is required; Mileage is reimbursed
*Note: This is a Variable Staffing Position meaning we will guarantee you 32 hours per week but you could be scheduled to work 40 hours per week.
This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana’s Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
Alert
Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may 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 on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website.
Interview Format:
To enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. Modern Hire Text allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information for you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.
If you are selected for a first round interview, you will receive an email correspondence inviting you to participate in a Modern Hire text interview. In this interview, you will read to a set of interview questions and you will provide text responses to each question. You should anticipate this interview to take about 15 minutes. Your text interview will be reviewed and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.
Language Proficiency Testing:
Bilingual English/Spanish. Must be able to speak, read and write in both languages without limitations or assistance. See Additional Information on testing. Any Humana associate who speaks with a member in a language other than English must take a language proficiency assessment, provided by an outside vendor, to ensure competency. Applicants will be required to take the Interagency Language Rating (ILR) test as provided by the Federal Government.
#LI-HJ1
#LI-Onsite
Scheduled Weekly Hours
1
Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$34,500 – $47,400 per year
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers benefits for limited term, variable schedule and per diem associates which are designed to support whole-person well-being. Among these benefits, Humana provides paid time off, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee assistance program, business travel and accident.
About Us
About CenterWell Senior Primary Care: CenterWell Senior Primary Care provides proactive, preventive care to seniors, including wellness visits, physical exams, chronic condition management, screenings, minor injury treatment and more. Our unique care model focuses on personalized experiences, taking time to listen, learn and address the factors that impact patient well-being. Our integrated care teams, which include physicians, nurses, behavioral health specialists and more, spend up to 50 percent more time with patients, providing compassionate, personalized care that brings better health outcomes. We go beyond physical health by also addressing other factors that can impact a patient’s well-being.
About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell creates experiences that put patients at the center. As the nation’s largest provider of senior-focused primary care, one of the largest providers of home health services, and fourth largest pharmacy benefit manager, CenterWell is focused on whole-person health by addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients. As part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), CenterWell offers stability, industry-leading benefits, and opportunities to grow yourself and your career. We proudly employ more than 30,000 clinicians who are committed to putting health first – for our teammates, patients, communities and company. By providing flexible scheduling options, clinical certifications, leadership development programs and career coaching, we allow employees to invest in their personal and professional well-being, all from day one.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
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Learn more about CenterWell
As one of the nation’s leaders in home healthcare, CenterWell Home Health has been providing personalized, compassionate care to patients for more than 40 years. We put patients and their families at the center of everything we do, helping them lead healthier, happier lives. Our skilled care teams deliver comprehensive, personalized care to help patients recover in the comfort and safety of home. Through our multi-disciplinary approach, we give patients the tools they need to manage their health with confidence, maintain their independence and get back to doing what they love.
Our Growing National Footprint
CenterWell Senior Primary Care is on the fast track of becoming the nation’s preeminent provider of primary care for adults ages 65 and older.
Our mission is to deliver best-in-class wellness and preventative care to seniors that improves not only their health, but the quality of their lives.
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If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact yourcareer@humana.com for assistance.
Employment Fraud Notice
Centerwell will never ask a candidate for money for work equipment and network access or request access to personal accounts during the application process. Learn more about identifying and preventing employment fraud or report a suspected employment fraud case.
California Resident Applicants
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