Description

Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.

What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:

· 1 Health Wellness Day per quarter

· Parental Leave

· Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility

· Competitive Salary & Benefits

· Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)

· 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employee's spouse/dependent

· Credit Union

*Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required*

JOB SUMMARY: The Certified Medical Assistant for psychiatry provides information, services, and assistance for all psychiatry services. Staff supported by this position include psychiatrists and Advanced Practice Nurse.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate scheduling for psychiatrists - maintain calendars in Cerner, make schedule changes and communicate changes with clients and staff.
• Monitor schedules for compliance with BH policy regarding participation in BH tx/psychiatry.
• Prepare paper client records for psychiatrist each day.
• Scan progress notes, enter diagnosis, medication and maintain charts for psychiatrist.
• Facilitate and document communication between psychiatrist, clinicians and patients.
• Assist clinicians and psychiatrists with completing prior authorizations, disability paperwork, referral letters and other correspondence.
• Provides support to psychiatry staff and coordinates psychotropic medications requests for refill.
• Responsible for prior authorization of psychotropic medications.
• Assist with psychiatrist access to Cerner.
• Maintain Medicare/Medicaid billing spreadsheet, send to billing staff weekly.
• Assist with Prescription Drug Monitoring Program compliance
• Attend all interdisciplinary staff meetings.
• Manage schedule in conjunction with the psychiatrists’ schedules.
• Attend HIV specific training annually, cultural competency training annually and other applicable trainings.
• Abide by all state, health district and agency policies regarding confidentiality of patient information.
• Coordinates work processes with other program managers.
• Assists psychiatry staff with telehealth.
• Gives injections of psychiatric or MAT medications
• Secures patient information and maintains patient confidentiality by completing and safeguarding medical records; completing diagnostic coding and procedure coding; keeping patient information confidential.
• Counsels patients by transmitting physician's orders and questions about refills, appointments and referrals.
• Schedules appointments and follow-up appointments; verifying times with patients; preparing charts and consent forms.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures, complying with legal regulations. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Possess exemplary organizational skills.
• Experienced in working with indigent and culturally diverse populations.
• Electronic Medical Record system knowledge and experience.
• Possess excellent communication skills (writing, spelling, listening and speaking).
• Cooperates as a team member.
• Possesses problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to work without close supervision.
• Utilizes good management techniques and time management.
• Follows through to completion of assigned tasks.
• Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet database
• Abides by all policies and procedures concerning personnel.
• Ability to work independently with strong sense of focus, task oriented.
• Comprehends fundamental medical terminologies in medical care delivery.
• Be able to maintain a calm and professional attitude even in the face of crisis and dramatic presentation.
• Is knowledgeable of and maintains HIPAA standards of privacy and confidentiality.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• Medical Assistant Certification

Preferred Qualifications

Prefer 1-year in Behavioral Health setting.

License/Licensure

Certified Medical Assistant (CMA)

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

NOTES:

1. Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, or covered veteran status.
2. Recreational drugs, weapons and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs.
3. The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.
4. Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for all jobs, if not currently employed by Positive Impact Health Centers.