Medical Assistant Training Specialist

Cottage Health System • Santa Barbara, CA

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About The Position

Cottage Medical Group seeks a Medical Assistant Training Specialist for their CMG Ambulatory Quality and Education department responsible for providing and coordinating education related to the Ambulatory Services. Functions as a consultant and resource for education, role development, building collaborative partnerships, and research through evidence-based practice/quality improvement, remedial training, orientation/onboarding of new hires and competency management. Responsibilities include communicating with staff and leadership to identify training needs and map out development plans for teams and individuals.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant or LVN program.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• California LVN License or MA Certification.
• Electronic Health Record skills.
• Basic Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.
• Successful completion of CottageOne credentialing program for all relevant applications within 3 months.
• Ease with technical applications such as search engines, online collaboration tools, and websites.
• Minimum of 1 year of recent experience in healthcare training, learning development, or education leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Simulation experience.
• Epic EHR experience.
• Learning Management System experience.
• Experience in a high-performing, patient-centric urgent care or clinic setting in an educator role.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate education related to Ambulatory Services.
• Act as a consultant and resource for education and role development.
• Build collaborative partnerships and conduct research through evidence-based practice.
• Manage remedial training and orientation/onboarding of new hires.
• Oversee competency management.
• Communicate with staff and leadership to identify training needs.
• Map out development plans for teams and individuals.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees