Wellness Office Assistant - Arc of Central Alabama

General Responsibilities:

The Medical Assistant is responsible for providing professional medical and administrative assistance to the Wellness Department.

Specific Responsibilities:

1. Answer telephone, take, and post messages.
2. Retrieve refill orders from the refill line.
3. Notify pharmacy of requested refills via fax, e-mail, or phone.
4. Track/ Input- Refill order tracking.
5. Check-in medications received from the pharmacy.
6. Update Wellness.
7. Notify Residential Director, Coordinator, or Manager via phone or e-mail when medications are ready for pick up.
8. Patient care: Taking and recording medical history and vital signs.
9. Inventory Management- maintaining stacks of medical and office supplies, including but not limited to ordering and removing out- of - date- supplies.
10. Keep/ tracking DMH call logs as required by ADMH.
11. Filing making copies as needed.
12. Must be or become CPI, CPR, MAC II certified.
13. A medical assistant should have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Should have some knowledge of medical terminology and display organizational skills.

Scheduled Hours: 7:30am- 4:00pm Monday-Friday

Qualifications for Position: High School Diploma or GED. Previous experience working in a medical office, Certified Medical Assistant or Certified Nursing Assistant preferred.