What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assistant / Case Manager position at Brandywine Counseling & Community Services Inc?
Who we are:
Since 1985 Brandywine Counseling & Community Services, Inc. (BCCS) has been a trusted provider of outstanding substance abuse and behavioral health treatment. BCCS is a community organization that prides itself on helping members of our community recover with dignity. We enhance the quality of life by creatively providing Education, Advocacy, Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment Services. We promote hope and empowerment to persons and families touched by mental illness, substance abuse, HIV and multiple occurring diagnoses, and their related challenges.
BCCS is seeking a full time certified Medical Assistant / Case Manager for STARS program, a mobile treatment unit.
The Full-time STARS Medical Assistant / Case Manager has the primary responsibility of:
- Providing quality, sufficient and appropriate medical case management and advocacy services to clients served in our outpatient behavioral health treatment program, which includes Medication Assisted Treatment, office-based treatment services, outpatient treatment services
- Increasing access to care through outreach and enrollment, improving health through education and support, and ensuring appropriate use of health care and behavioral health services.
- Complete medical case management duties, including but not limited to prior authorizations, scheduling of medical appointments, answering phones, observing and collecting urine samples, completing requisition forms, data entry, inputting lab results into EHR, supply ordering, other office duties as assigned.
- The STARS Medical Assistant/Case Manager will accompany the treatment team on the mobile unit into the community for client contacts, will make community engagements with local providers, collaborate and coordinate with referral sources, and will attend community events that the STARS unit schedules.
- Be the point person for information dissemination and collaboration of clinical and medical services internally and externally.
- This is a community-based position, so work will be performed outside of an office setting on a regular and consistent basis
Hours
- Monday - Friday 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Possibility for community events held in the evenings.
Qualifications:
- REQUIRED: High School Diploma
- REQUIRED: Medical Assistant Certification
- REQUIRED: Valid driver's license with 2 points or less.
- REQUIRED: 2 years' experience in the human services field
- PREFERRED: Phlebotomy experience
- PREFERRED: Prior work with a behavioral health population
The compensation package for this position includes:
- Group medical, dental, and vision coverage with low employee costs
- 32 paid days off annually
- Tuition reimbursement
- A retirement plan with a company match of 4%!
- No weekends!
- Brandywine Counseling is a qualified employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- Opportunity for advancement