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Medical Assistant Training Specialist

Cottage Health
United States, California, Santa Barbara
Apr 24, 2025
Cottage Medical Group seeks a Medical Assistant Training Specialist for their CMG Ambulatory Quality and Education department responsible for providing and coordinating education related to the Ambulatory Services. Functions as a consultant and resource for education, role development, building collaborative partnerships, and research through evidence-based practice/quality improvement, remedial training, orientation/onboarding of new hires and competency management. Responsibilities include communicating with staff and leadership to identify training needs and map out development plans for teams and individuals. QUALIFICATIONS: All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently. Education: Minimum: Graduate of an accredited Medical Assistant or LVN program. Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Minimum: American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS). California LVN License or MA Certification Technical Requirements: Minimum: Electronic Health Record skills; Basic Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills. Successful completion of CottageOne credentialing program for all relevant applications within 3 months; AV applications; ease with technical applications such as search engines, online collaboration tools, and websites. Preferred: Simulation experience; Epic EHR experience; Learning Management System experience. Years of Related Work Experience: Minimum: 1 year of recent experience in healthcare training, learning development, or education leadership. Preferred: Experience in a high-performing, patient-centric urgent care or clinic setting in an educator role. About Us Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love. Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work. Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter. If you're already a Cottage Health employee, please apply on this link only.