Explore opportunities at The Corvallis Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses . For more than 75 years, our multi-specialty group has been committed to delivering exceptional care to our patients and fulfilling careers to our team members. As a leading clinic in Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley, we serve more than a quarter-million people with offices in Corvallis, Albany and Philomath. Join a team that empowers you from the start and values work-life balance, teamwork and trust. We offer comprehensive benefits and competitive pay. Elevate your career with us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Unit Clerk provides organization, scheduling, and processing of all documentation for provider practices.

This position is part time (30hrs/week), Monday - Friday. Employees are required to work our normal business hours of 8:00am - 2:00pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. Our office is located at 444 NW Elks Drive Corvallis, OR 97330

We offer weeks of on-the-job training. The hours of the training will be 8am-2pm, Monday-Friday.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Will participate and maintain a culture within The Corvallis Clinic that is consistent with the content outlined in the Service and Behavioral Standards document. To this end, employee will be expected to read, have familiarity, and embrace the principles contained within

• Assists with processing referrals, Rx refills, pre-authorization for medications and procedures, input of numbers on documentation for posting

• Facilitates collection of all necessary information required for patient visits. General administrative functions including photocopying, faxing, and processing of incoming faxes

• Prepares documentation for next day visits

• Processes new patient record request forms and sends to Chart One

• Processes forms, i.e., CDRC, OHSU, Doernbecher, Legacy, etc.

• Responsible for coordinating activities consistent with the effective and efficient completion of drug prior authorization requests relative to assigned clinic departments

• Reviews lab orders as needed per protocol, based on PA request

• Plays a key role in maintaining a high level of patient and practitioner satisfaction by providing responsive action to requests and exceptional customer service

• Serves as a liaison between patients, community pharmacies, and practitioners

• Improves the quality of care through continuing education. This includes attendance/participation in most in-services/department meetings and remaining current on clinic/department policies and procedures

• Participates in the orientation and training of new employees

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 years of experience

• Must be 18+ yrs of age or older

• 6+ months experience in a medical office, healthcare facility and/or medical insurance company

• Experience with windows based programs including Microsoft Word & Outlook

• Ability to work our normal business hours of 8:00am - 2:00pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of medical terminology

Soft Skills:

• Ability to work well with providers, clinical staff, and patients.

• Ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously in a busy, fast-paced environment while maintaining quality of work.

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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