What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Medical Assistant - Per Diem position at ODYSSEY BEHAVIORAL GROUP?
Become part of the Silver Pines team and join a team that’s known for leading and innovating holistic addiction treatment.
Who We Are
Silver Pines is a small, intimate detox and residential treatment center nestled just south of the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. At our treatment centers, we understand that substance use disorder affects the entire person, so we treat each client by integrating therapies that address their physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs.
Position Summary
The Medical Assistant is responsible for working with our licensed nursing staff to ensure the safety and wellbeing of clients is maintained and to provide quality client care while showing respect and dignity
Relationships and Contacts
Within the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with peers and accounting team members throughout Silver Pines and affiliated facilities.
Outside the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with third party vendors, as necessary.
Position Responsibilities
- Assist with client intake upon admission
- Obtain Breathalyzer and UDS on intake and as per protocol for client monitoring
- Assist with body and clothing search
- Provide basic client care assisting with Activities of daily living, when necessary,
- Monitor and communicate any change in client condition to nursing staff
- Support the emotional needs of clients throughout treatment
- Locate detox clients for provider appointments and regular assessments every four hours and as needed
- Obtain vital signs every four hours and as needed for documentation and report findings
- Obtain client weight
- Complete detox accountability and provide support as per protocol throughout shift when needed
- Administer oral medication and intradermal/subcutaneous/intramuscular
- injections within their scope of practice
- Perform blood glucose testing (FSBS)
- Perform Venipuncture Procedure
- Provide Client education
- Perform Wound Care
- Assist with keeping rooms clean and tidy and packing belongings for step down or discharge
- Assist with cleaning rooms and bathrooms upon client transfer
- New client engagement
- Pre-Certification calls
Minimum Requirements
- Current Medical Assistant Certification
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent attendance
- Ability to multitask
- CPR certified
- Positive Attitude
Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers/general public, clients and/or vendors
- Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies – may be very quiet to moderate
- Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch
Skill Competencies
- Effective Communication
- Excellent Customer Service
- Teamwork
- Consistency
- Adaptability
- Continual Learning & Improvement
STR Silver Pines provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. STR Silver Pines reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”
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