Job Description
Briya is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within our organization and the communities we serve. We embrace diversity of experiences, ideas, and individuals, and seek to bring diverse candidates to the table. We value having staff who come from the communities most impacted by our work and especially encourage immigrants and ESOL learners to apply. Position Summary: The Medical Assistant Program is part of the at Briya Public Charter School - a leading two-generation education program that primarily serves immigrant parents and their young children in Washington, D.C. Briya is a Tier One Public Charter School, consistently achieving the highest educational outcomes through its innovative programming.
In the tuition-free Medical Assistant Program, students prepare for successful healthcare careers by gaining medical knowledge, clinical practice, and administrative skills in a collaborative environment. In addition, Briya coordinates students' internships and externships and ensures students are prepared for the nationally recognized RMA exam.
Briya closely partners and co-locates with Mary's Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, supporting students' comprehensive needs and allowing for crossover between clinic and classroom.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Typical Work Schedule: Part Time: 1 or 2 nights/week 5:30-9:00)
Instruction - Prepare students to work competently and safely as Registered Medical Assistants
- Teach MA curriculum with fidelity while adjusting and differentiating based on the needs of students
- Deliver quality in-person instruction that fosters a safe academic learning climate through actions such as:
- Providing whole class, small group, pair, and individual
- Circulating to ensure student engagement and understanding
- Creating opportunities for students to practice real-world language use.
- Differentiating instruction to meet learning needs for all students
- Reinforcing students' learning through a variety of appropriate student-centered activities.
- Facilitating engaging learning environment (including movement)
- Foster an inclusive, safe, scholarly, and collaborative learning climate
- Employ principles of Adult Learning Theory for content delivery
- Evaluate students on medical assisting skills for safety and competency
- Suitably challenge, engage, serve and communicate with students to encourage their participation and learning while maintaining mutual value and respect
- Demonstrate and guide students safe and competent medical assisting skills including, but not limited to:
- Vital signs
- Injections (IM, SubQ, ID)
- Medication administration (oral, inhaled, topical, otic, ophthalmic)
- Point-of-Care testing
- Infection control procedures inclusive of sterile practices
- EKGs
- Venipuncture
Collaboration - Collaborate and meet with workforce colleagues to ensure general alignment of units, reflect on lessons, share student progress or concerns
- Send reflections and feedback of lessons to workforce colleagues following individual lessons and completed modules
- Teamwork - Contribute to building a positive team spirit, put success of the team above own interests, support everyone's efforts to succeed, work well in multidisciplinary team setting.
Qualifications: - MA credential or other health care degree and relevant work experience.
- Preference given for current professional CMA (Certified Medical Assistant)/RMA (Registered Medical Assistant), LPN, LVN, RN, MD, or DO licensure.
- Demonstrated ability to teach in ways that are interactive, project-based, and promote self-discovery and critical thinking.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work as a member of a team
- Commitment to develop and contribute to a community of educators.
- At least 1 year of related practical work/clinical experience, preferably in a community health care center.
- Must be knowledgeable in skill content, as evidenced by education and/or experience, effective in directing and evaluating student learning and laboratory performance.
- Knowledge of healthcare industry and awareness of trends.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Expertise in interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills
- Hourly Range is $27.50- $32.50 an hour
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Part time, Work experience placement, Internship, Night shift,