OP Behavioral Health MA

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center•Cheyenne, WY

14d

About The Position

The Outpatient Behavioral Health Medical Assistant is responsible for collecting patient information and assisting providers in necessary medical procedures within the Outpatient Behavioral Health Department. This position will provide information to patients so they may fully utilize and benefit from the clinical services.

Requirements

Sixty (60) Days: Medical Assistant (MA) certification/registration within 60 days of start date
Fourteen (14) Days: Cheyenne Regional AHA RQI within 14 calendar days of start date
Ninety (90) Days: Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Training within 90 days of start date
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
MS Office, Outlook and Internet skills
Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
Ability to demonstrate an independent work initiative, sound judgment and attention to detail
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Knowledge of health care field and medical office protocols/procedures
Knowledge of specific assisting tasks related to particular medical practice
Knowledge of medical terminology

Nice To Haves

Previous mental health experience

Responsibilities

Greets, screens, and directs patients to exam rooms.
Obtains, verifies, and updates patient information and health history, collects patient information per provider guidelines, provides support services to patients and medical staff.
Reviews and prepares chart prior to patient's appointment to ensure that all requested lab work and diagnostic procedures have been completed, completes annual screenings on patients and documents in chart and refills patient medications as appropriate.
Assists patients with ambulation, transfers, assistive device instruction, body mechanic instruction, and activities of daily living.
Obtains patient vital signs, administers basic wound and first aid, and therapeutic modalities.
Administers subcutaneous injection, intramuscular injection, intradermal injection, long acting injections and medication administration as ordered (with the exception of narcotics).
Sends/receives patient medical records, obtains patient lab/X-ray reports, hospital or clinic notes and referral information.
Completes forms/requisitions as needed to ensure provider availability, schedules appointments, intake forms and verifies insurance coverage and pre-authorizations to ensure current and complete information in patient chart.
Collects urine and utilizes breathalyzer for Suboxone.
Assists running and monitoring Transcranial Magnetic Simulation machine with the assistance of the provider
Meets with psychiatrists to discuss follow up patient care needs.