Medical Assistant - Residential Treatment

Paradigm Treatment Centers; San Rafael (CA); Sur place; USD 30 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Meals onsite

Training & CE

Clinical supervision

Résumé du poste

Paradigm Treatment Centers in San Rafael, California is seeking a Medical Assistant to support nursing and clinical teams in our residential program. You will help ensure residents receive attentive medical and behavioral care in a structured setting.

The role covers intake support, vitals, documentation, crisis prevention, and coordination with therapists and nurses under clinical supervision. Prior experience in behavioral health and youth-focused settings is preferred, with a commitment to

Qualifications

• Experience with behavioral health.
• Previous work experience in a clinical or residential setting.
• Passion for the field of mental/behavioral health.
• Have previously worked with adolescents/young adults or in a youth-focused environment.
• Previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Behavioral Health Technician, or Caregiver.

Responsabilités

• Supporting nursing staff with daily medical tasks, including vitals, documentation, and patient monitoring.
• Assisting residents throughout their daily schedules including meals, groups, recreation, and therapy blocks.
• Ensuring a safe, structured, and supportive environment that promotes treatment goals.
• Welcoming and assisting with intake for new residents, helping them feel safe, informed, and comfortable when entering care.
• Communicating effectively with clinical directors, therapists, nurses, and program staff to ensure coordinated care.
• Providing crisis prevention and de-escalation support as needed, following facility protocols.
• Monitoring sharps and valuables, maintaining accurate logs, and ensuring safety compliance.
• Assisting with basic medical needs including CPR, wound care preparation, and medication support under clinical supervision.
• Accurately documenting patient observations, interactions, and care activities.

Connaissances

Behavioral health experience

Clinical/residential experience

Passion for mental health

Youth-focused experience

Mental Health Technician background

Description du poste

Medical Assistant - Residential Treatment

San Rafael, California, United States

About Altior Healthcare

Our family of services comprises three distinct mental health treatment programs, including a specialized program for US Veterans. With over 15 unique locations, we manage and support 500+ dedicated employees serving over 300 residential clients daily located across five states: California, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, and Texas.

Paradigm Treatment (West Coast) and Ridge RTC (East Coast) partner together under Altior, united by a shared commitment to providing exceptional mental health care. For over a decade, our core clinical and support teams have worked side-by-side, delivering compassionate, evidence-based treatment that changes lives.

As part of the Altior network, you’ll find the stability of an established organization with the heart of a close-knit treatment community where every role matters.

Job Summary

As a Medical Assistant with Paradigm Treatment Centers in Idaho, you will play an essential role in supporting our nursing and clinical teams while ensuring residents receive attentive, high-quality medical and behavioral care.

Responsibilities

• Supporting nursing staff with daily medical tasks, including vitals, documentation, and patient monitoring.
• Assisting residents throughout their daily schedules including meals, groups, recreation, and therapy blocks.
• Ensuring a safe, structured, and supportive environment that promotes treatment goals.
• Welcoming and assisting with intake for new residents, helping them feel safe, informed, and comfortable when entering care.
• Communicating effectively with clinical directors, therapists, nurses, and program staff to ensure coordinated care.
• Providing crisis prevention and de-escalation support as needed, following facility protocols.
• Monitoring sharps and valuables, maintaining accurate logs, and ensuring safety compliance.
• Assisting with basic medical needs including CPR, wound care preparation, and medication support under clinical supervision.
• Accurately documenting patient observations, interactions, and care activities.

Qualifications

• Experience with behavioral health.
• Previous work experience in a clinical or residential setting.
• Passion for the field of mental/behavioral health.
• Have previously worked with adolescents/young adults or in a youth-focused environment.
• Previous work experience as a Mental Health Technician, Behavioral Health Technician, or Caregiver.

Salary Range

$26 - $26 USD

For Direct Care roles:

• Chef made meals onsite.
• Professional trainings provided for development; continuing education assistance for clinicians.
• Supportive clinical supervision and professional development.

Altior Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Paradigm Treatment Centers’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.