Part-Time Medical Assisting Lab Assistant

This part-time lab assistant’s primary efforts focus on setting up and breaking down Medical Assisting laboratories, maintaining supply and equipment inventories, and assisting the faculty member during scheduled lab times. Primary responsibilities include designing and implementing learning strategies for students in Medical Laboratory Technology. This position reports directly to the Medical Assisting Program Director. This position has the following responsibilities including, but not limited to: 

• Promote the college mission, vision and values
• Assist in assigned courses at various locations to meet program needs, including, but not limited to day, evening, weekend, and online
• Ensure that each class session contains essential curricular components, has appropriate content and pedagogy, and maintains currency
• Prepares, breaks down, and cleans laboratories for all lab courses
• Evaluate student progress and provide appropriate, timely feedback
• Provide and/or facilitate quality experiences in the learning environment(s) to meet program needs
• Maintains a laboratory environment which is clean, safe, and in compliance with laboratory safety standards
• Incorporate appropriate instructional technology to enhance student learning 
• Assist in the evaluation of courses and programs
• Attend appropriate internal and external meetings
• Maintain accessibility to students, faculty and staff

Successful candidates will possess:

Required Qualifications: 

• Associate’s degree from an accredited institution in a science-related field
• Current certification as Medical Assistant in any of the following:
  • Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
  • Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) by the American Medical Technologists (AMT)
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
  • Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
  • Nationally Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) by the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• MLT (ASCP) certification
• Prior experience as a teaching assistant or tutor

Experience using a Learning Management System, such as Moodle, to deliver course content