Description

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Arizona's Outpatient program offers comprehensive outpatient counseling services for individuals, families, and groups in the office, school and/or home setting. Specialties include the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Conduct Disorders, Mood Disorders, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Anxiety Disorders.

The Medical Assistant provides direct, hands-on medical assistance to practitioners treating patients in an integrated health care setting. In this setting, the Medical Assistant will help improve and/or optimize the clinic workflows of medical practitioners by assuming responsibilities for medical tasks that can be performed by an MA. Medical practitioners include physical health care providers such as pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses and behavioral health practitioners including psychiatrists and psychologists.

Pay Range: $18.00 - $19.80 / hr

Schedule: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 6:00pm and Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We offer:

• ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes(annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv , a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Employee Assistance Program and Employee Discounts – Available the first day of employment through Carebridge

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!http://benefits.devereux.org

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Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED and Medical Assistant Certificate required

• Completion of a Medical Assistant Externship

• Basic knowledge of medical terminology

• Ability to work in a fast-paced office and prioritize multiple duties

• Experience working with individuals in behavioral health preferred

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; customer service experience required

• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn other software programs

• Bilingual preferred but not required

Other:

• Must be 21 years of age or older

• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check

• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions ( OR eligibility to obtain with no restrictions)

• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)

• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results 

• Must attend the required one (1) week paid New Hire Orientation; Mon-Fri (8:30am-5:00pm) follow by 3 weeks of on the job training

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.

Posted Date 3 weeks ago (4/9/2024 11:58 AM)

Requisition ID 2024-36599

Category Medical

Position Type Full-Time

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.