Medical Assistant Instructor
- Part-time
Company Description
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
We are looking for a Per Diem Medical Assistant to join our team as a lab instructor.
Do you have a passion for helping, mentoring, and seeing the "A-HA!!!" moment in someone's eyes?
Then you have the heart of an Instructor!! We offer a fully established curriculum and a new faculty onboarding course that you will go through the first 2 weeks. Although previous teaching experience and experience with Canvas are preferred, it is not required.
Mon/Wed 10am-2:15pm and /or Tues/Thurs 8am-12:15pm on campus
Job Description
No formal teaching experience is required, but it is preferred. If you have experience precepting, training, or mentoring then this is a natural progression in your career of making a difference in your profession!
This position will provide fully prepared current instruction that meets desired learning outcomes, academic advising and career-related counseling to students, actively engage in retention activities, and provide support for program and institutional initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Educate and provide technological and academic training to students
- Ensure students are aware of the competencies necessary for all objectives in the syllabus
- Design and carry out a lesson plan for each class taught that recognizes students’ abilities, learning styles and provide accommodation for individual students differences
- Always exhibit World Class Service when working with students as well as coworkers
- Analyze outward signs of problems that students may have that inhibit their achievement and take appropriate action
- Refer students to campus director or student services to overcome those traits that appear to be keeping the student from a high level of achievement
- Identify and refer students who are “at risk” of leaving the course to student services
- Provide ongoing student advisement and academic counseling
- Use a variety of means of evaluation to support student abilities (cooperative learning, reports, and team work)
- Provide input and participate in academic committees formed for the purpose of enrichment of both the programs and student life on campus
- Support all company initiatives by process and procedure as communicated
- Work and communicate effectively with all campus departmental staff
- Adhere to all company policies and procedures
- Comply with all State, Department of Education, and accreditation regulations
Pay Range: $27-$32
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
- Minimum of a High School Diploma; advanced education or college degree preferred but will consider candidates with equivalent experience
- Graduate of an accredited medical assisting program
- Certified Medical Assistant (RMA, CMA, NRCMA) preferred
EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:
- Three demonstrable (3) years of hands-on clinical experience in the medical assistant role
- Current knowledge of Medical Assistant practice
- Ability to mentor a highly diverse student population
- Ability to work independently
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software-Experience with learning management systems such as Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, etc. preferred
- Proficient in interpersonal oral presentation; excellent communication skills
Additional Information
We Offer:
- Compassionate, community focused company/campus
- Leadership development and training for employee/career advancement
- Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program
- 401k with company match
- Monthly staff lunch