You have achieved your goal and successfully completed your medical assistant training program; but now that you are going through the job search and application process, you realize that most medical assistant positions offered require at least 1-2 years of experiece. Now what? How can you land a job to gain experience if no one wants to hire you?
You Might Not Think So, But YES - You Have Experience!
Remember, as a medical assistant student you did spend a considerable amount of time in the clinical lab practicing important patient care skills under the supervision of your MA instructor. Lexi, a successful Certified Medical Assistant told us:"Did you do an externship? If you did an externship, put every bit down on your resume, and applications. Make it look awesome, e.g. I live in a very rural area and traveled an hour and a half each way to school! I used this on my resume when I first got out to show how motivated I was to future employers."
For example:Or, as a medical assistant without experience, but other related experience, you can write your cover letter along these lines:
Prior experience in the healthcare field, such as a nurse's assistant, or home health aide is very helpful and should not be forgotten either, as well as other work experience that will now be applied in a medical office.
- Basic concepts of EKG, ESR, hematocrit
- Urinalysis, stool samples, throat cultures
- Drawing up exact amounts of medications from vials
- Injections: intradermal, subcutaneous, deltoid, and Z-track
- Basic wound care
- Vision screening, Snellen eye chart
- Venipuncture/Phlebotomy
- Collecting and organizing data for research and patient care
- Data entry and safe keeping of records
Dear Ms. Jones: I am responding to your ad in The Sun Herald for the Medical Assistant Position. Attached is a copy of my resume that outlines my qualifications and career experience. I have successfully completed a 2 year degree in Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Sciences), and completed my externship in a busy multi-physician practice. I also have 2 years prior experience as a hotel receptionist where I applied and solidified my customer service and interpersonal communication skills required for your position. I would appreciate the opportunity to speak with you to discuss my qualifications and how they could benefit your organization.
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