Clerical Support Clerk – Mount Kisco, NY
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. For more information, visit www.optum.com/tri.
ProHealth is one of the largest private multi-specialty medical practices in the Northeast and has been serving the health needs of Long Island and the Greater New York Metropolitan area since 1997. With over 900 providers in 300 locations, our goal is to provide quality health care to ensure that our patients get the right care at the right time.
At Optum, we are transforming healthcare nationally while providing physician-led care locally. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Overview:
Responsible for office administrative functions to include mailroom duties such as sorting and distribution of mail, as well as, local specimen transport.
This position is full-time, Monday – Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. Our office is located at 90 AND 110 SOUTH B, MOUNT KISCO.
We offer 1 – 2 weeks of paid training. The hours during training will be 8:00 am – 5:00 pm from Monday – Friday.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Sort CMM internal / interoffice mail twice a day and distributes to departmental recipients twice a day
- Receive in daily packages from UPS, USPS and FedEx and distribute these packages to the appropriate staff
- Organize and maintain office files
- Pulls clinical information from fax machine, culls, sorts, and distributes
- Rx refills
- Medical record requests
- Hospital inpatient and ER notes
- Maintains a mailbox for all practitioners in the building
- Assist clinical department with medical waste disposal management and documentation
- Collecting and transporting lab specimens from clinical departments to the lab
- Orders office and mail room supplies
- Maintains water and coffee supplies for all break rooms in building on a weekly basis
- Distribute all patient documents returned from medical records to the appropriate provider
- Monitor, maintain and distribute new information for break room bulletin boards
- Maintain key for medical waste closet to ensure the area remains neat and clean
- Weekly distributes clean lab coats to the departments
- Monitor, move and maintain proper signage for the providers
- Sort and distribute invoices to appropriate departments
- Collects lost and found items for PCM to handle
- Assists department when items need to be stored or relocated
- Scanning for the departments
- Assist PCM with clerical tasks (copying, faxing, etc)
- All other duties 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 / GED OR equivalent work experience
- Must be 18 years of age OR older
- 1+ years of related work experience, preferably in an administrative setting
- Ability to work any shift between the hours of 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM from Monday – Friday including the flexibility to work occasional overtime based on business need
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of how to operate mailroom equipment
- Knowledge of current postal regulations
- Knowledge of computer-based programs, to include EHR when required
- Proficient with all administrative tasks to include typing, phones and file management
- Ability to interact courteously and communicate effectively with staff and the public
- Ability to work as an effective team member and exhibit a positive attitude
- Excellent customer service skills
- Proficient with computers; knowledge of platforms, keyboarding and multi-screen management
New York Residents Only: The hourly range for this role is $16.00 to $23.94 per hour. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.
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Additional Job Detail Information
Requisition Number 2259833
Business Segment Optum
Employee Status Regular
Job Level Individual Contributor
Travel No
Country: US
Overtime Status Non-exempt
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day Job
Telecommuter Position No
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