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Black Bear Lodge

Medical Assistant

Foundations Recovery Network (FRN) is the premier provider of integrated treatment for co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns, offering residential and outpatient services nationwide. Located in the serene forest foothills of northern Georgia, Black Bear Lodge is a 115- bed place of solace and healing for those individuals suffering from addiction and mental health issues. We are a residential treatment center offering a comprehensive, integrated program that addresses the needs of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our system of care is personalized, evidence-based, and research-proven. Patients can self-reflect and find strength for life change amid the beauty of the expansive sky and the natural tranquility that characterizes our location.

• Caring, challenging, and rewarding work environment

• Competitive Compensation with Shift Differentials

• Generous Paid Time Off

• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

• Career Development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

  What do our currrent employees Like about working at Black Bear?

• Opportunity for growth and development

• Doing work that is purposeful

• Love what we do here for patients

• Feels like being a part of a family

• No two days are ever the same

• Challenging environment with great personal reward

  Qualifications

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collection of all admission and routine work through venipuncture

• Acts as liaison between Black Bear Lodge and the laboratory to ensure completion of all requested services.

• Maintains the inventory of supplies necessary for all assigned work by communicating with Lead Medical Assistant.

• Meets timeliness expectations of completing work as scheduled, demonstrating self-paced performance and adjusting priorities as needed.

• Cross-trains and supports other areas of the nursing department as needed or requested by supervisor.

• Obtain vital signs on patients

• Perform chart audits

• Facilitates outside appointments

• Filing

• Obtain medical records as directed by provider

• Direct patients to daily physician appointments

• Answer phone

• Perform waive testing and transfer results to appropriate chart

• Perform all other duties as assigned by charge nurse

• Perform Observation rounds

  Education and Experience

• High School diploma or GED required.

• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant training program or Certified or Registered Preferred