Psychiatric Medical Assistant (Administrative Specialist 1) - Oregon State Hospital, Salem Campus
About The Position
The Psychiatric Medical Assistant at the Oregon State Hospital is part of the Psychiatric Medical Assistant Team and ensures delivery of care by helping to coordinate allied services in consultation with licensed psychiatric providers under the direction of the Chief of Psychiatry, program supervisors, or their delegates. Clinical services include interviewing patients for admissions, reviewing and summarizing medical records, and collating and summarizing laboratory testing. This position collects, summarizes, and interprets information at the unit or hospital level to ensure compliance with regulations, progress towards quality improvement goals and assess patient outcomes. This position also summarizes sensitive clinical information in the form of draft medical notes such as admission and progress notes, and discharge summaries. This position is mostly administrative with limited patient contact.
Requirements
- Two years of secretarial or basic administrative support experience that includes records processing, generating documents, and gathering and sorting data; OR An associate degree in general office occupations and one year of experience with records processing, generating documents, and gathering and sorting data; OR An equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Must possess an active medical assistant certification (i.e. NCMA, RMA, AAMA).
- Completion of a Medical Assistant Training Program at a school accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with the documentation requirements for medical billing/coding.
- Knowledge of psychiatric terminology and psychiatric medications.
- Recent experience with phlebotomy and EKG experience strongly preferred.
- Intermediate/expert proficiency with Microsoft office applications, especially Word and Excel, and electronic medical records.
- Excellent spelling and grammar.
- Experience with data collection and documentation compliance review.
- Completion of training to be a medical scribe or 1 year of experience providing medical scribe services to a physician strongly preferred.
- Experience working in a psychiatry or developmental disability inpatient clinical setting with limited patient interaction; inpatient psychiatry (hospital) setting strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Interviewing patients for admissions
- Reviewing and summarizing medical records
- Collating and summarizing laboratory testing
- Collecting, summarizing, and interpreting information at the unit or hospital level to ensure compliance with regulations, progress towards quality improvement goals and assess patient outcomes
- Summarizing sensitive clinical information in the form of draft medical notes such as admission and progress notes, and discharge summaries
Benefits
- Excellent, low-cost medical, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
- Optional benefits like life insurance, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and FSA options for health and childcare.
- Generous paid time off: 11 holidays, 3 personal days, monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours/month.
- Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
- Retirement security through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).
- Training and development opportunities to grow your career with the State of Oregon.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
