Medical Assistant Apprentice

Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

This is a student intern role. Performs select administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a licensed healthcare professional; administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, patient billing, and coding medical information for insurance purposes; clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and providing medical attention as directed by physician or nursing staff.

Job Description

Would you like to find a quick way to take your 2+ years of healthcare experience, your strong clinical and educational knowledge to become a Certified Medical Assistant and work a permanent position at the prestigious Washington University School of Medicine? Have you graduated an MA program and never sat for a professional certification? Have you let your MA certification lapse?

If so...this may be the opportunity of a lifetime designed for you.

• This is a sourcing requisition created by Human Resources to attract experienced non-credentialed MAs or Patient Care Techs in the workforce who would like to become certified/Registered Medical Assistants. The one year apprenticeship will provide the education, mentorship, and on the job training to qualify for the NHA Medical Assistant exam and the path toward a professional career.
• Apprentices are paid for 40 work hours/per week but will work 36 hours in the department and spend 4 hours a week in MA Training for the first 10 weeks of employment. At that time, hire will sit for NHAs Certified Medical Assistant exam, pass and promote to a Registered/Certified Medical Assistant in On-The-Job Training for the remainder of the one year commitment. At completion of one year, the Apprentice earns their journeyman status through the US Department of Labor for their participation in our Registered MA Apprenticeship Training program.
• While completion of the program does not end your employment with the Washington University clinical department hired, you are open to transfer to another department within Washington University with your Journeyman Status. Apprentice must complete the one year of Apprenticeship training to be recognized nationally as graduating from an MA Program and receive permanent NHA certification.

Carefully read this posting for specific applicant instructions.

Please READ: In order to qualify, you must have at least 2 years of current or recent patient care experience, preferably in a physician's office, clinic or hospital setting. Medical Assistants who have graduated from a tech program but have never sat for certification are attracted to this program. We welcome MAs who need a refresher prior to taking the national NHA exam. Employment is required to participate in Washington University's Registered Medical Assistant Apprenticeship.

• We typically hire Medical Assistants to work the clinic back office where they room patients, document in electronic medical record, perform clinical skills associated with the specialty, perform blood draws, phone triage, schedule tests or order lab work, provide patients with follow-up instructions. We do have a few departments that strictly hire front office Medical Assistants and a couple of departments that primarily utilize their Medical Assistants phone triaging patient and office calls.

Applicant Special Instructions

RESUME INSTRUCTIONS:

Please let us know what location you desire (West County, Central West End, North County, South County) and your years of experience in the objective.

Please attach all resumes in Microsoft Word or PDF. Please be sure your most recent/current employer is on your resume and that you have listed your correct contact information. See example below.

These instructions have been provided to determine the ability to follow instructions and your attention to detail.

Sally Smith RMA
24 Johnson Road
sallysmith123@gmail.com 314-222-2222

Objective: Patient Care Tech with 2 years of experience in a fast paced inpatient med/surg hospital unit seeking employment at a Washington University west county location.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent high school certification.
• Two or more years of experience in a hospital or clinic setting.
• Strong typing and computer skills (testing will require 30 wpm).
• Medical Assistant Exam with score of 50% or greater.
• Moderate Clinical Skills Assessment.
• High regard for attention to detail.
• Works well