OTP Medical Assistant

Cedar Recovery•Knoxville, TN

11h•Onsite

About The Position

OTP Medical Assistant Medical Assistant Cedar Recovery Opioid Treatment Program is an outpatient treatment facility that employs an array of evidenced-based treatment modalities to provide an integrated model of care of medical, counseling, and therapeutic interventions to treat every patient’s individual needs and promote long-term sustainable recovery from substance use disorder. While Cedar Recovery provides care for all substance use disorders, it has a primary focus on treating opioid use disorder with medications such as Methadone, Buprenorphine and/or Naltrexone (MAT). The purpose of this position is to serve as a Medical Assistant for Cedar Recovery.

Requirements

The ability to navigate and effectively use Microsoft Office, Google Drive, and EMR system
Accepts personal accountability for work and consequences
Works independently without day-to-day guidance from the supervisor
The ability to manage multiple projects that meet the standards of Cedar Recovery.
The ability to collaborate and work with colleagues to achieve the Cedar Recovery mission of solving the opioid epidemic and repairing our communities by providing addiction treatment services that work.
Successfully communicate with employees at all levels of the organization on a regular basis – including via face to face, email and other technologies utilized by Cedar Recovery.
Respectfully communicate with vendors, suppliers, and pharmacy representatives.
Foster open dialogue and actively listen to others in order to build and maintain effective and respectful working relationships throughout Cedar Recovery.
Recommends, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement processes that have an impact on the mission of Cedar Recovery.
Applies Creative thinking to develop new solutions.

Nice To Haves

EMR systems: 1 year (Preferred)
Certified Medical Assistant (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Assists Medical Professionals with clinical prep including collection of lab specimens, patient UDS schedule, EKG, phlebotomy, admission data
Proficient computer manageability for scheduling and required documentation
Acts as support for the Office Coordinator and Patient Care Coordinator