Clinic Medical Assistant Apprentice - Full Time (40 hours/week)

KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.

Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision.

KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program. KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision.  We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay to encourage continuing education.  We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website -

Benefits - KV Healthcare

www.kvhealthcare.org

The Clinic Medical Assistant Apprentice is a KVH employee that is enrolled in a certified Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program.  The Apprenticeship program is intended to last one-year with the majority of the work and learning happening on-site, under the guidance of a preceptor.  It is an expectation that the Medical Assistant Apprentice will complete the program and take the Department of Health Certified Medical Assistant test and become licensed by the State of Washington.

What is required...

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Will need PRIOR to the program starting; Resources are available from KVH

• Current CPR card for Healthcare Providers

Or

• Current MA-R license from the Washington State Department of Health

Or

• Current NAC license from the Washington State Department of Health

Wage:  Wage range currently starts at $20.16/hour and goes up to $30.55/hour. Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience.

FTE:  1.0 = 40 hours/week

Benefits:  This position is benefits eligible 

Additional Information: To learn more about the MA Apprenticeship program, please visit the website here .  This program is expected to last one-year, at the end of the program the apprentice will be eligible to sit for the Department of Health exam to become a Certified Medical Assistant.