REDWOOD COAST MEDICAL

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If you have a medical emergency or life-threatening situation, always call 911.

After-hours calls to RCMS's Gualala Health Center are transferred to TeamHealth, a call-in medical advice service. When the RCMS Gualala Health Center is closed, you may call 707-884-4005 to be connected to this line.

Gualala Medical Center 46900 Ocean Drive Gualala, CA 95445 Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays For appointments call 707-884-4005 On Call Urgent Care Services is available Saturdays, Sundays and major Holidays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 707-884-4005

Point Arena Medical Center 30 Mill Street Point Arena, CA 95468 Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, excluding Holidays For appointments call 707-882-1704

Point Arena Dental Center 175 Main Street Point Arena, CA 95468 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, excluding Holidays For appointments call 707-882-2189

RCMS Meeting Room Suite E The Elaine Jacob Center 38550 South Highway One Gualala, CA 95445 707-884-1041

This week's tip is on eating gluten free on a budget. You don't have to compromise what you eat, but there are some tips that will make it more affordable:

How To Eat Gluten-FreeOn A Budget

This is a public notice regarding the hours of operations for the RCMS Medical and Dental Clinics in Gualala and Point Arena in observance of Labor Day.

Regular clinic operations will be closed on Monday, September 5, 2016, and will resume on Tuesday, September 6. On-Call Urgent Care is always available on weekends and holidays 8 AM Ð 6 PM; please call 707-884-4005 to be connected to any of these services.

Are you up-to-date on your healthcare screenings and immunizations? Why have the guidelines changed over the years? Come to the next Healthy Habits, with guest speaker Jesse Ewing, PA, new healthcare provider at RCMS, and learn about current recommendations.

Healthy Habits takes place the first Wednesday of every month at 5:30 PM during the months of April - December at Suite E, Elaine Jacob Center 38550 S. Highway One, Gualala and is a FREE program of RCMS led by Trish Miller, R.N. & Jacquie Lappé, R.N., Diabetes & Hypertension Educators. For more information, call 884-4005, Ext. 139.

As a resident of one of the coastal communities between Timber Cove and Irish Beach, please participate in a survey to help Redwood Coast Medical Services and other related organizations determine the needs of this community:

→ Community Health Needs Survey 2016 ←All individual responses will be kept confidential. Your voice needs to be heard -- thank you for your help!

RCMS is currently seeking a Development Director to join the Development Team. The Development Director is responsible for directing and meeting the fundraising goals of a comprehensive development program and overseeing the day to day operations of all RCMS fundraising activities.Read more →

RCMS is currently searching for a development assistant to join the Development Team. The primary function of the Development Assistant is to support the RCMS Development Team with fundraising efforts in a variety of ways.Read more →

Registered Nurse: Primary Care

RCMS is currently seeking a Registered Nurse: Primary Care - Must have current RN license in California, strong clinical background, practical knowledge of pharmaceuticals, current CPR certification, and be teamwork oriented.Read more →

Every third weekend, 8am - 6pm, on call as needed. Job Requirements / Qualifications: California Radiologic Technologist certification; CPR certification.Read more →

The [full-time] Medical Assistant participates as a Patient Care Team Member and performs all duties related to the treatment of the patient including, but not limited to, initial patient assessment, vital signs, medical records, prescriptions, assistance with procedures, making follow-up appointments, collecting co-pays and making referral appointments.Read more →

The [part-time] phlebotomist is responsible for performing basic laboratory procedures on patients who come to the clinic including, but not limited to: venipuncture and/or processing in-house lab tests.Read more →

The mission of Redwood Coast Medical Services (RCMS) is to provide high quality, family-oriented, community based primary medical and dental care, including a broad range of preventive health services to residents and visitors within the coastal areas of Southern Mendocino and Northern Sonoma Counties.

Sonoma-Mendocino coast RCMS is a not-for-profit health center providing a full range of healthcare services at its three clinics located in Gualala and Point Arena. Services are designed to meet identified needs of the community services, are integrated with other existing healthcare services and systems, and are evaluated on a regular basis to assure that community health needs are being met.

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Mental Health Treatment Services
• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• General health services

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Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Methadone
• Transitional housing or halfway house
• Do not treat opiod addiction
• Use methadone/buprenorphoine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Do not use medication for opioid addiction
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults
• Other residential treatment facility
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient mental health facility
• Community mental health center
• Multi-setting mental health facility (e.g., residential plus outpatient)

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Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Behavior modification
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Trauma therapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Telemedicine therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted
• Smoking permitted in designated area
• Smoking permitted without restriction

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Hospital inpatient
• Residential
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Long-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Computerized treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)
• Psychiatric hospital

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• State mental health authority
• Other state government agency
• Regional/district or county, local or municipal government
• Tribal government
• Indian Health Service
• State Government
• Local, county, or community government
• Department of Defense
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Council on Accreditation
• Healthcare Facilitiues Accreditation Program
• Other national oraganization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• No payment accepted
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Access to recovery (ATR) voucher
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education funds
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• U.S Department of VA funds
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish
• Native American Indian or Alaska Native languages
• Other languages(excluding Spanish)

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Seniors or older adults
• Adolescents
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Transitional age young adults
• Persons with eating disorders

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Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Case management
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Consumer-run (peer-support) services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care service
• Legal advocacy
• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Screening for tobacco use
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Therapeutic foster care
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines Detoxification
• Opiods Detoxification
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers
• Relapse prevention
• Residential beds for clients children

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only
• DUI/DWI clients
• Serve only DWI clients

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