Black Bear Lodge

Medical Assistant

Foundations Recovery Network (FRN) is the premier provider of integrated treatment for co-occurring addiction and mental health concerns, offering residential and outpatient services nationwide. Located in the serene forest foothills of northern Georgia, Black Bear Lodge is a 115- bed place of solace and healing for those individuals suffering from addiction and mental health issues. We are a residential treatment center offering a comprehensive, integrated program that addresses the needs of the whole person-mind, body, and spirit. Our system of care is personalized, evidence-based, and research-proven. Patients can self-reflect and find strength for life change amid the beauty of the expansive sky and the natural tranquility that characterizes our location.

Benefits for Fulltime Medical Assistant include:

• Caring, challenging, and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation with Shift Differentials
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• Career Development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

What do our currrent employees Like about working at Black Bear?

• Opportunity for growth and development
• Doing work that is purposeful
• Love what we do here for patients
• Feels like being a part of a family
• No two days are ever the same
• Challenging environment with great personal reward

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collection of all admission and routine work through venipuncture
• Acts as liaison between Black Bear Lodge and the laboratory to ensure completion of all requested services.
• Maintains the inventory of supplies necessary for all assigned work by communicating with Lead Medical Assistant.
• Meets timeliness expectations of completing work as scheduled, demonstrating self-paced performance and adjusting priorities as needed.
• Cross-trains and supports other areas of the nursing department as needed or requested by supervisor.
• Obtain vital signs on patients
• Perform chart audits
• Facilitates outside appointments
• Filing
• Obtain medical records as directed by provider
• Direct patients to daily physician appointments
• Answer phone
• Perform waive testing and transfer results to appropriate chart
• Perform all other duties as assigned by charge nurse
• Perform Observation rounds

Education and Experience

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant training program or Certified or Registered Preferred