Medical Assistant Mentee

Nogales USD•Nogales, AZ

18h

About The Position

The Medical Assistant Mentee position is designed for individuals to learn and develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to deliver an effective Medical Assistant (MA) Program. This role involves developing and delivering engaging lessons, assessing student performance, facilitating hands-on learning, staying current with medical assisting practices, and mentoring students. Additionally, the mentee will coordinate overall MA program activities, manage program budgets, supplies, and equipment, and collaborate with the CTE Director. Key responsibilities include maintaining agreements with local clinical sites, overseeing student scheduling and compliance records, managing the clinical lab functions (safety, equipment, inventory, orientation), evaluating student progress, and providing academic advisement. The role also involves student recruitment, community outreach, and planning activities with administrative offices and the advisory committee. As the Externship Coordinator, the mentee will oversee practicum experiences, develop relationships with clinical facilities, select and approve sites, coordinate student assignments, conduct supervisory visits, ensure compliance with extern policies, and evaluate student achievement in the practicum.

Requirements

Ability to learn and achieve knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver a Medical Assistant (MA) Program.
Ability to develop and deliver engaging and effective lessons.
Ability to assess student performance and provide constructive feedback.
Ability to facilitate hands-on learning and clinical experiences.
Ability to stay up-to-date on the latest medical assisting practices and technologies.
Ability to advise and mentor students.
Ability to collaborate with other faculty members.
Ability to contribute to program development and curriculum design.
Ability to coordinate overall Medical Assistant (MA) program activities.
Ability to exercise leadership in program oversight and curriculum maintenance.
Ability to manage program budget requests, supplies, and equipment.
Ability to communicate and work collaboratively with CTE Director.
Ability to maintain agreements with local clinical sites.
Ability to oversee scheduling and assignment of students at clinical sites.
Ability to ensure student compliance records for clinical sites.
Ability to provide oversight, instruction, and management of clinical lab functions.
Ability to maintain lab calendar and lab usage data/reports.
Ability to maintain lab guidelines/policies/procedures.
Ability to evaluate student performance.
Ability to meet regularly and confer with students regarding their progress.
Ability to provide academic advisement to MA students.
Ability to oversee and participate in local events related to student recruitment.
Ability to plan and schedule activities with administrative offices and advisory committee.
Ability to function as the Externship Coordinator.
Ability to provide oversight of the practicum experience.
Ability to maintain and develop new professional relationships with clinical facilities.
Ability to select and approve appropriate practicum sites.
Ability to coordinate the assignment/reassignment of students in affiliated clinical facilities.
Ability to perform supervisory visits.
Ability to submit student externship requirements to clinical facilities.
Ability to monitor student hours and attendance.
Ability to collect and maintain student externship time cards and documents.
Ability to ensure appropriate and sufficient evaluation of student achievement in the practicum experience.
Ability to participate in the development and maintenance of program curriculum and assessment materials related to the externship process.
Ability to communicate effectively with students, clinical sites, and faculty.
Ability to ensure student compliance with extern policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver engaging and effective lessons in medical assisting, covering a wide range of topics such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and clinical procedures.
Assess student performance and provide constructive feedback to support their growth and development.
Facilitate hands-on learning opportunities and clinical experiences for students.
Stay up-to-date on the latest medical assisting practices and technologies, and incorporate this knowledge into teaching.
Advise and mentor students, providing support and guidance as they pursue their careers in medical assisting.
Collaborate with other faculty members to ensure a high-quality educational experience for all students.
Contribute to program development and curriculum design, and participate in ongoing professional development opportunities.
Coordinate the overall Medical Assistant (MA) program activities for NHS and PHS.
Exercise leadership in the area of program oversight and curriculum maintenance including overall program budget requests, supplies, equipment, and other classroom needs.
Communicate and work collaboratively with CTE Director.
Maintain meaningful agreements with local clinical sites; oversee scheduling and assignment of students at such clinical sites.
Ensure student compliance records for clinical sites (health & vaccine records, CPR, confidentiality, etc.).
Provide oversight, instruction, and management of the clinical lab functions to include: safety; equipment maintenance; upgrades and acquisition; supply inventory management; orientation for students, and guests.
Maintain lab calendar and lab usage data/reports; and maintain lab guidelines/policies/procedures.
Evaluate student performance; meet regularly and confer with students regarding their progress in the program.
Provide academic advisement to MA students.
Oversee and participate in local events related to student recruitment and any other activities related to the MA program and community outreach.
Plan and schedule activities with the appropriate administrative offices as well as the advisory committee.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Provide oversight of the practicum experience.
Maintain and develop new professional relationships with clinical facilities.
Select and approve appropriate practicum sites.
Coordinate the assignment/reassignment of students in affiliated clinical facilities.
Perform supervisory visits as assigned.
Submit student externship requirements to clinical facilities according to site policies, monitor student hours and attendance, and collect and maintain student externship time cards and documents.
Ensure appropriate and sufficient evaluation of student achievement in the practicum experience.
Participate in the development and maintenance of program curriculum and assessment materials related to the externship process.
Communicate effectively with students, clinical sites, and faculty.
Ensure student compliance with extern policies and procedures.