Medical Assistant Instructor

Job Title: NIMAA Medical Assistant Instructor

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Medical Assistant Instructor to join our team at the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement Inc. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing instruction to students participating in our Medical Assisting program, as well as supporting other NIMAA staff in suggesting improvements to the curriculum and related instructional materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn the strategies and details of person-centered, team-based primary health care as practiced by high-performing organizations, particularly as they relate to medical assistants.
• Learn the online curriculum content for NIMAA and how best to engage students in learning it; managing the input from multiple sources, and then the evaluation of its effectiveness.
• Take responsibility for ensuring didactic instruction of students and participants, both by personally instructing and coordinating others to do so.
• Teach a minimum of one group of 20-25 students in up to 5 topic areas at a time.
• Take responsibility for feedback to students and participants through commentary, postings, grading, and the like.
• Get to know each student and establish an effective instructional relationship with them.
• Take responsibility for the success of students in navigating through the NIMAA program and meet and advise students as needed.
• Manage the operations of instruction, including postings to Moodle, scheduling, and record keeping.
• Ensure effective connection between the online program and in-clinic externship operations, especially the support of preceptors.
• Provide staff support to other NIMAA team members and external parties working on these matters.
• Work closely and cooperatively with the NIMAA instructional team and the broader NIMAA support and leadership team.
• Report directly to the Associate Director of Education, NIMAA.
• Undertake assignments and set priorities at his/her direction.
• Support the Associate Director of Education in the creation and implementation of a work plan for improving the curriculum content based on feedback from students, participants, employers, externship organization, and advisory board members.
• Undertake other work to support NIMAA as requested by the Associate Director of Education or by NIMAA's CEO.

Qualifications:

• Required Skills and Education
• An Associate's degree or higher.
• At least three years' experience working as a medical assistant.
• Experience in educating or training medical assistants.
• Preferred Skills
• Three years of medical assistant experience in primary health care, preferably in a PCMH, team-based practice.
• At least three years of Medical Assistant instructional experience.
• Required Licenses/Certifications
• A current national medical assisting credential, or a more senior license.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

Works primarily in a moderately sedentary environment. Physical effort generally involves occasional walking between building sites and travel to all locations.

Additional Qualifications:

Personal Attributes:

Extremely high integrity.

Strong planning and organizational skills.

Enjoy working effectively in a team environment.

Excellent instructional skills (empathy, excitement, engagement).

Clear, concise, persuasive communication and presentation skills.

Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.

Willingness to learn and apply new concepts.

Capacity to reflect and use knowledge from reflection and other sources to continually improve his/her own work.

Confidentiality of Information:

Confidentiality of business information is a requirement. Confidentiality must be maintained according to CHC policies.

This Position is available for remote work.