Medical Assistant Apprentice

Location: Washington University Medical Campus

LocationSAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

Scheduled Hours40

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

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Provides clerical and administrative support, including answering phones, setting schedules and meetings, typing documents, filing and back-up support for others.

Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping the rooms neat and clean; cleans and sterilizes equipment, instruments, rooms, etc. and appropriately disposes of contaminated supplies.

Interviews patients via phone or in person to obtain medical information or schedule various activities; creates, updates and coordinates various medical records and files.

Interacts with patients providing various routine information such as explaining treatment procedures, medications, diets or various pre-established instructions to patients.

Collects blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, logs the specimens and prepares them for testing; may measure patient vital signs, weight and height.

May perform routine laboratory tests and sample analyses.

May show patients to examination rooms and prepare them for the physician.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

Job Location/Working Conditions

Normal office environment.

Exposure to blood-borne pathogens.

Requires protective devices.

Patient care setting.

Direct patient care setting.

Physical Effort

Typically sitting at desk or table.

Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.

Occasional lifting (25 lbs or less).

Equipment

Office equipment.

Clinical/diagnostic equipment.

Simple hand tools.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education

High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.

Certifications/Professional Licenses

The list below may include all acceptable certifications, professional licenses and issuers. More than one credential, certification or professional license may be required depending on the role.

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support - American Red Cross

Work Experience

No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills

Not Applicable

Driver's License

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

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. This 1.5 year apprenticeship commitment 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 up to the first 16 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 1.5 year commitment. At completion of 1.5 years, 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 1.5 years of Apprenticeship training to be recognized nationally as graduating from an MA Program and receive permanent NHA certification.

Basic Life Support certification must be obtained within one month of hire date. Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements.

Carefully read this posting for specific applicant instructions.

Please READ: In order to qualify, you must have at least two 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, sc