Who is LCMHA?

LCMHA (Lenawee Community Mental Health Authority) provides or manages a full array of services to adults and children with mental health and/or emotional disturbances, persons with substance use disorders, and persons with developmental disabilities. Our mission is to create a path to resilience, recovery, wellness, and self-determination for these individuals.

What would this job entail?

The Medical Assistant works primarily at our Medications Clinic, and works closely with our professional Medications Clinic staff and our patients (consumers), performing assigned clinical and clerical tasks and helping to maintain an efficient workflow in the clinic. Specifically, this individual will:

• Obtain consumers' medical information including vital signs, height, weight and AIM;
• Obtain consumers' current health and medications information at time of office visit;
• Document consumers' medical and health information in electronic medical record;
• Assist with consumer education;
• Complete care coordination letters;
• Carry out additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

The qualifications for this position are:

• Be certified as a Medical Assistant or have an Associate's Degree in Applied Science in Medical Assisting from an accredited program;
• Basic familiarity with routine medical protocol and terminology is required;
• Have basic computer knowledge (such as familiarity with email and internet use) and experience with databases; experience in use of financial or accounting information systems (must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

Bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Why work for LCMHA?

We have been around for over 40 years providing services to some of the most vulnerable members of the Lenawee County community. We feel a responsibility to identify needs and work with our community partners to identify solutions. We have been leaders in implementing system change.

The annualized salary range for this position is $42,081 to $54,327 per year (based on a 37-1/2 hour work week).

The benefits package includes:

Employees receive a generous paid leave benefit, and paid leave begins to accrue on an employee's first day of employment; an employee would receive about 24-1/2 paid days off in the first year. The number of paid leave hours an employee accrues is based on length of service; the paid leave time accruing increases after one year, five years, and ten years of employment.

Employees receive scheduled annual salary increases, starting after one year of Employment.

Paid Holidays -- LCMHA observes 14 paid holidays per year; employees are eligible for paid holidays as of the first day of employment.

Employees are eligible to enroll in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance as of the first day of employment.

• Medical insurance: the agency covers:
  • The agency covers 100% of the insurance cost for one of the plan choices, at all three levels of coverage (employee-only, employee-plus-one, and family coverage);
  • The agency covers about 94% of the insurance cost at the employee-only coverage level for the other two plan choices;
  • The agency covers about 82% of the insurance cost at the employee-plus-one and family coverage levels for the other two plan choices.
• Vision insurance: the agency covers 87% of the cost for all coverage levels;
• Dental insurance: the agency covers 100% of the cost for all coverage levels.

Employees who decline to enroll in the agency's medical insurance program because they have medical insurance coverage from a different source receive a medical insurance opt-out payment (this benefit starts as of the first day of employment).

Retirement Benefits: this benefit starts as of the first day of employment.

Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance (at no cost) -- this benefit starts as of the 91st day of employment.