Medical Assistant
Behavioral Health Network, Inc.

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Strengthen your skills as a Medical Assistant with BHN!

Join our team of competent and compassionate professionals as a Medical Assistant in the Greenfield Opioid Treatment Program (OTP/MAT) at Behavioral Health Network!

Your experience, knowledge and great skills will support the Opioid Treatment Program with the following:

• Providing assessments of individuals prior to their medical appointments, as needed.
• Scheduling individuals' appointments with providers.
• Identifying, evaluating, and responding to changes in individuals' condition, including laboratory reports, and reports findings.
• Measuring and recording vital signs, as needed.
• Performing required drug testing per regulations.
• Practicing OSHA safety standards.
• Documenting services in a manner that is compliant with all applicable rules/regulations.

Who are we?

BHN/OTP is a Medication Assisted Treatment Program to assist individuals who are opiate addicted and are experiencing the dysfunctional effects of its use to gain and maintain the skills needed to achieve an opiate-free lifestyle and to improve functioning. BHN Greenfield OTP uses medication protocols approved by the Medical Director to ensure patients safely detox from these substances. These protocols are evidenced based, and are implemented through assessment and re-assessment practices throughout the process.

Behavioral Health Networkis a growing non-profit community behavioral health agency that has been providing services to children, adults, families and communities in Western Massachusetts since 1938. BHN provides comprehensive, outcome-driven behavioral health care. We are dedicated to offering high quality, affordable and culturally appropriate care to people of all ages and income levels in our constituent communities.

Reasons to work with BHN:

• Work with an agency who does amazing things for others
• You will be able to change a person's life
• You will expand your experience in various areas of mental & behavioral health
• You will have the opportunity to grow within the agency
• You will not be bored with our fast-paced environment
• You will have excellent benefits package & time off benefits available

What are we looking for in a Medical Assistant?

• Medical Assistant Certificate or Degree (required).
• At least one year of experience working with a psychiatric population (required).
• Bilingual in Spanish & English (preferred).
• Excellent organization and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with Internet, word processing and email systems.
• Willingness and ability to work with challenging and diverse individual populations (required).
• Cultural competence in dealing with individuals with a variety of different cultural backgrounds (required).

How do I apply to be a Medical Assistant?

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