Medical Assistant - Certified (Mental Health: Days Monday–Thursday, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM)

About the role

We empower justice-involved individuals to overcome adversity and reach their full potential. For over 60 years, we have proudly serviced our clients with professionalism and empathy. We are a nationally recognized non‑profit with 35+ locations across Washington state that provided a chance for change to over 9,500 individuals in 2024.

Responsibilities

• Interprets and explains program policy to each client as needed.
• Integrates knowledge by thinking through and planning the most professional, therapeutic reaction or intervention in any given client care situation.
• Aids in the client's educational process-academic and social, including conducting health education classes and teaching individual clients health related issues such as self-administration of medications, administering IM injections, performing phlebotomy procedures, prevention of infectious diseases, nutrition, nicotine.
• Assists clients in meeting health and safety needs in accordance with each individual's stage of recovery and program policies, including:
  • Assesses and reports client concerns regarding physical and psychological needs
  • Administers medications to clients within scope of practice in accordance with RCW 18.360.050
  • Assisting with setting up Clinic and Tele-health clinic of clients
  • Attends and participates in department staff meetings as directed
  • Meets with other program staff, consultants, volunteers, and attends other meetings as directed
  • Licensed staff available for on-call nursing consults and injections
  • Provides written documentation of observations as input to the resident's Individual Service Plan and review process
  • Provides pertinent verbal and written shift reports, and communication with interdisciplinary team members
  • Documents observations of behaviors, physical signs and symptoms and psychological needs, medication delivery, ongoing health assessment needs and treatment progress and pertinent health and safety issues according to program policy
  • Participates in other areas of treatment plan implementation as directed
  • Stocks supplies, maintains, inventories and assists with ordering of supplies
  • Follows physician orders in accordance with program policy
  • Receives and transcribes written physician’s orders
  • Assists Physicians with clinical duties
  • Performs and monitors resident vital signs
  • Performs resident Urine drug screens
  • Performs intramuscularly, subcutaneous injections within scope of practice
  • Performs TB testing
  • Performs