Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:
Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization
Position Summary
The Psychiatric Provider Aide supports Psychiatric prescribers in administrative and clinical areas. This
position also works with Mental Health Therapists and Chemical Dependency Professionals in
coordinating care to ensure continuity of care for clients. The Psychiatric Provider Aide provides
screenings and case management in coordination with other teams or parties involved in treatment.
He/She participates actively as a team member in the delivery of client services, and the coordination of
community support services. This job description does not suggest or imply that these are the only
duties to be performed by this employee. He/She will be required to follow other instructions and to
perform other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.
Duties and Responsibilities
As a mission-driven organization, the core values of, and the services offered at Sea Mar are based on
the belief that everyone deserves to be respectfully treated in a way that preserves dignity and enhances
self-worth. Sea Mar is an advocate for its clients and aims to achieve industry-leading, client-centered,
culturally-aware services.
Sea Mar employees serve as an extension of this mission and demonstrate their commitment to an
excellent client experience by:
• Understanding and empathizing with client needs
• Surpassing client expectations
• Demonstrating a high level of integrity
• Exhibiting compassion and commitment
• Advocating for social justice
• Taking pride in individual work as well as that of the team
• Continually learning to stay current with industry standards, best practices and technology
As a Sea Mar employee, the individual in this position commits to adherence to these values to their
utmost ability and endeavors to strengthen and embody this mission daily.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
• Assists in insuring agency compliance with WAC's, RCW's, and other pertinent laws,
regulations, and contracts.
• Ensure that charts, prescription refill requests, and all information or paperwork the
psychiatric prescriber will need is prepared ahead of time and organized in the fashion
preferred by the prescriber.
• Ensure medication storage, maintenance, dispensation and waste logs are maintained in
accordance with Sea Mar policies and procedures. Any area of non-compliance should be
reported immediately to the supervisor/manager, if applicable.
• Ensures that all medical, nursing, health & safety and personnel policies and procedures are
being followed and implemented.
CLINICAL DUTIES
• Assists psychiatric staff with client flow and provides quality of care in a timely manner.
• Completes routine checks and monitors clients to detect unusual or harmful behavior and
reports observations to psychiatric staff.
• Prepare the patient for their office visits with the provider including obtaining subjective data
and vital signs, ensuring charting is in accordance with Sea Mar’s policy.
• Works as part of an integrated care team that may include psychiatrists, social workers,
behavioral health professionals, chemical dependency professionals and case managers.
• Provides mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed clients with routine physical, emotional,
psychological, or rehabilitation care under the…