Job Summary: Full time. Provides direct services to clients and assists and supports other members of the care team to ensure maximum wellness and recovery. Monday to Friday, including one evening.

Qualifications: High School Diploma, credentialed in NJ as a Certified Medical Assistant, experience in behavioral health field a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Works with individuals in the community who have co-morbid physical health diagnoses to help coordinate care with primary/specialty providers and behavioral health treatment.
• Understands target populations and specialized needs; develops knowledge and skills appropriate to the target population and necessary completion of responsibilities.
• Draw blood samples and send for laboratory analysis.
• Secures medical records from outside providers by completing releases of information for all prescribers and providers.
• Provides trauma-informed compassionate client support and care, attention and assistance during office visits.
• Assists prescribers during outpatient services including psychiatric evaluations and medication management appointments.
• Generate and maintain required documentation for all consumers with PBHG’s Clozapine System.
• Manage collaboration with outside medical providers, answering calls and returning messages on behalf of providers.
• Provide screenings including but not limited to Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence, GAD 7, PHQ 9.
• Take consumers’ vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, height, weight and body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and document in Qualifacts
• Administer medication injections, monitor compliance with medications, review lab reports, contact pharmacies on behalf of prescribers.
• Assist in securing medication authorizations by interacting with insurance carriers.
• Gathers psychiatric and/or physical symptom and treatment history, documenting concurrently in the electronic health record.
• Pull laboratory records from multiple platforms for Prescriber review, and upload into electronic record following review.
• Assist in obtaining pharmaceutical coverage and prior authorizations.
• Manage calls from pharmacies needing clarification of prescriptions.
• Liaison with Primary Care Physicians or other doctors involved with consumer’s case, as needed.
• Documents thoroughly and on a timely basis in the electronic health record.
• Maintains credentials and continuing education requirements.

Required Competencies:

• Proficiently communicates – written and verbal
• Exhibits critical thinking
• Documents thoroughly and on a timely basis in the electronic health record
• Maintains credentials and continuing education requirements.
• Manage calls from professionals

Qualifications

• High School Diploma,
• Credentialed in NJ as a Certified Medical Assistant,
• Experience in behavioral health field a plus.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

o Medical and Dental Insurance

o 403(b) Retirement Plan

o Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

o Disability and Life Insurance

o Employee Assistance Program

o Voluntary Benefits, such as Vision Insurance, Aflac, Pet Insurance

o Training opportunities

o Employee Referral Bonus program o Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account

EOE

Preferred Behavioral Health requires all qualified candidates to be fully vaccinated upon their first day of employment. Requests for reasonable accommodation due to disability or religious belief will be considered.

Apply to: jobs@preferredbehavioral.org