What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wellness Office Assistant position at The Arc of Central Alabama?
General Responsibilities:
The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing professional medical and administrative assistance to the Wellness Department.
Specific Responsibilities:
Qualifications for Position: High School Diploma or GED. Previous experience working in a medical office, as well as being a certified medical assistant or certified nursing assistant, is preferred.
The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing professional medical and administrative assistance to the Wellness Department.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Answer telephone, take, and post messages.
- Retrieve refill orders from the refill line.
- Notify the pharmacy of requested refills via fax, e-mail, or phone.
- Track/ Input- Refill order tracking.
- Check-in medications received from the pharmacy.
- Update Wellness.
- Notify Residential Director, Coordinator, or Manager via phone or e-mail when medications are ready for pick up.
- Patient care: Taking and recording medical history and vital signs.
- Inventory Management: Maintaining stacks of medical and office supplies, including but not limited to ordering and removing out-of-date supplies.
- Keep/ tracking DMH call logs as required by ADMH.
- Filing and making copies as needed.
- Must be or become CPI, CPR, MAC II certified.
- A medical assistant should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. They should also have some knowledge of medical terminology and display organizational skills.
Qualifications for Position: High School Diploma or GED. Previous experience working in a medical office, as well as being a certified medical assistant or certified nursing assistant, is preferred.
