UnitedHealth Group

Practice Manager WellMed at Longwood

Posted on: 16 Mar 2021

Longwood, FL

Job Description

Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

* Direct, supervise, coordinate specific functions and activities of clinic, including systems, policies and procedures, human resources, support services
* Assist the Medical Director in the development and marketing of new services and referral sources
* Facilitate the employment, development and management of employees
* Promote the provision of cost - effective, high - quality health care services to patients
* Cooperate with medical and administrative staff to ensure compliance with standards and regulations
* Review operational problems / policies and recommends solutions and change to Medical Director
* Collaborate with Medical Director in the preparation and implementation of quarterly budgets. Recommend funding based on knowledge of policies, costs, and operating practices
* Represent clinic at public and professional meetings and conferences
* Participate in clinic communication and public relations programs
* Maintain professional affiliations and enhances professional development to keep pace with the trends in health care administration

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:

* Bachelor's degree, preferably in health or business administration (4 additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor's degree)
* 1+ years of healthcare administration experience
* 1+ years of supervisory experience, preferably in a medical clinic
* Computer literacy in Excel, word, outlook
* Knowledge of health care administration, clinic philosophy and policies, operating procedures and fiscal management systems
* Experience in human resource management practices including supervision and staff development
* Knowledge of governmental regulations and reimbursement standards
* This position requires Tuberculosis screening as well as proof of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis through lab confirmation of immunity, documented evidence of vaccination, or a doctor's diagnosis of disease
* You will be provisioned with appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and are required to perform this role with patients and members on site, as this is an essential function of this role
* Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree
* Bilingual English / Spanish

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,00+ older adults with over 16,000 doctors' offices in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team 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: Practice Manager, clinic manager, Administrator, Medical office Medicare, Managed care, Healthcare, primary care, Longwood, Lake Mary, Maitland, FL, Florida

UnitedHealth Group

Hopkins, MN

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health care company in the United States. It operates through four segments: UnitedHealthcare, OptumHealth, OptumInsight, and OptumRx. The UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; health and well-being services to individuals age 50 and older, addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services, as well as services dealing with chronic disease and other specialized issues for older individuals; and Medicaid plans, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and health care programs; and health and dental benefits.

The OptumHealth segment provides access to networks of care provider specialists, health management services, care delivery, consumer engagement, and financial services. This segment serves individuals through programs offered by employers, payers, government entities, and directly with the care delivery systems.

The OptumInsight segment offers software and information products, advisory consulting arrangements, and services outsourcing contracts to hospital systems, physicians, health plans, governments, life sciences companies, and other organizations. The OptumRx segment provides pharmacy care services and programs, including retail network contracting, home delivery, specialty and compounding pharmacy, and purchasing and clinical, as well as develops programs in areas, such as step therapy, formulary management, drug adherence, and disease/drug therapy management. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated was founded in 1974 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

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