What is a medical assistant?
Medical assistants work alongside physicians in outpatient medical offices and clinics. They perform clinical and administrative tasks such as:
- Taking a medical history
- Preparing patients for a physician’s exam
- Assisting the physician with procedures and treatments
- Obtaining and preparing lab specimens
- Administering medications and injections
- Answering and making phone calls to patients and other healthcare providers
- Filling out insurance forms
- Scheduling and coordinating patient appointments/follow-up needs
About the Apprenticeship
The apprenticeship is a job and career training combined. If selected for the program, you’ll be hired into a full-time position. In the first 2 years, you’ll complete:
- 12 weeks of full-time, paid classroom instruction time at Nashua Community College in Nashua, New Hampshire.
- Test for a national certification*
- Start a full-time medical assistant position at one of the Primary Care or Specialty offices with Southern NH Health.
- Complete 3,600 on-the-job training hours with a mentor (about 2 years full time)
*Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) national exam through National Healthcare Association (NHA).
Schedule
NEW class TBD
Schedule: Weekdays 8 AM-5 PM
How to Apply
All applications are handled through Southern New Hampshire Health and students are hired as SNNH employees.
Contact Viktoriya Dribinskaya, MA, MS
Director of Workforce Development, Patient Care Services
Southern NH Health (founding member of SolutionHealth)
Phone: 603.281.8129
email: [email protected]
