You’ve got your CCMA (Certified Clinical Medical Assistant)! Now what’s next?
Careers and Salaries
There are job opportunities for part-time and full-time medical assistants all across the DMV area. Upon completing your certification use your resources to work on your resume and practice interview skills by doing mock interviews with other peers or former professors. Medical assistants work in many different settings such as:
- Hospitals
- Health Departments
- Urgent Care Centers
- Assisted Living Facilities
- Primary Care Facilities
Once you’ve landed the job as a medical assistant, you can expect to make anywhere from $25-45 k per year! As far as job growth, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a whopping 29 percent job growth in the field through 2026. This is because medical practices and clinics need more trained staff to perform a variety of duties.
Top Skills You need
As a Medical assistant, you need to be compassionate, understanding, a good listener and a problem solver. You will need to react fast and take direction from physicians and other members of the patient support team. Here are the top skills medical institutions are looking for:
- Patient care
- Scheduling
- Vital signs measurement
- Communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Organizational skills
Medical assistants who find work in specialized facilities such as dialysis centers and nursing homes might need extra skills and knowledge applicable to their environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Working as a medical assistant in a healthcare institution will give you the opportunity to complete task such as:
- Maintain health records of patients
- Perform and document vital signs, height, weight, chief complaints
- Perform routine lab and patient procedures
- Assist with processing referrals and appointments for patients
The things mentioned above are just a brief description on what the day in the life of medical assistant looks like. If any of these settings or task look interesting you, then look no further! Today is the day to apply to Prospect College and receive your certification as Medical Assistant.
Check our website to know more about our Medical Assistant Program. Join us to further your education because, “We Are A College That Cares!”