Optum in the tri-state region (formerly CareMount Medical, ProHEALTH New York and Riverside Medical Group) offers an interconnected network that enables us to work collaboratively to better coordinate care among our doctors and care teams. Together, we offer you and your family access to more than 2,100 providers, representing 70 specialties, working in 360 medical practices and more than 55 urgent care locations across New York, New Jersey and Southern Connecticut.

We’re
a dynamic and growing health care organization, offering a wide range of employment opportunities. We are
seeking
professional and dedicated individuals to be part of our team, where integrity, respect, accountability, and collaboration are among our core principles. Work with the largest care delivery organization in the world and start doing
your life's best
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Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent customer service
• Provide patient appointment and procedure scheduling both on the telephone and in the office, scheduling maintenance of surgeries for one or more physicians
• Reschedule patient appointments a needed using EMR
• Assist with staff scheduling and assist manager as needed
• Provide surgical instructions, communicate patient financial responsibility
• Demonstrate professionalism in appearance and actions with patient, staff, physicians, and administrators
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information
• Receives requests to schedule procedures from offices and patients and schedules the procedure according to availability
• Provide accurate information so that all departments may view and print schedule for the appointments daily, maintaining open communication with hospital departments regarding changes

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 graduate
• High proficiency with computer skills
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated EMR/EHR knowledge
  

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.

Careers with Optum. Our
objective
is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse,
engaged
and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

CareMount
Medical,
ProHEALTH
Care Associates, and Riverside Medical Group (the “Practices”) are all physician owned and led practices having complete authority for all medical decision-making and patient care through their physicians and other licensed professionals. Optum, through its management organizations (“Optum”)
provides
non-clinical administrative services to support the Practices and their physicians. Neither Optum nor its management companies
employs
, engages, or supervises physicians or other licensed professionals, or
determines
or sets the methods, standards, or conduct of the practice of medicine or health care provided by the Practices or by any of their licensed professionals. “Part of Optum” reflects that the Practices are part of Optum’s effort to support forward-thinking physician practices in helping their patients live healthier lives.

New York Residents Only:
The hourly range for New York City residents is $16.00 to $27.31. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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: 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
.