Pre-Med Gap Year Clinical Doctor’s Assistant Program
Clinical Assistant Position for Pre-Med Students taking a Gap Year.
Ozark Dermatology is looking for happy, positive teammates to join us for full-time work in our innovative bridge program starting in May 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for pre-med candidates who are looking to gain valuable hands-on clinical and administrative experience in dermatology. This is an ideal position for a pre-medical student taking a bridge or gap year. Our physicians, PAs, and NPs enjoy teaching and mentoring, and many serve as adjunct assistant clinical professors for UAMS. Our team of providers also serves as dermatology instructional preceptors for UAMS medical students and UAMS and Harding PA students.
A successful candidate must be a quick learner, compassionate, enthusiastic, friendly, and enjoy working in both the exam rooms (as a medical assistant) and front office (check-in, check-out receptionist as well as a medical scribe). Training will be provided and a certification as a dermatology medical assistant is available. Opportunities to publish articles in medical literature may also be available.
About the Doctor/Provider Assistant Position
Clinical assistants will work in a fast-paced and hands-on environment directly involved in patient care taking histories, assisting with surgeries, scribing, working with doctors/PAs/NPs in all aspects of the patient encounter, and checking patients in and out at the front desk. All training will be provided on site. Additionally, students will be given mentorship and guidance in their professional school application process. Training also includes hands-on labs with skills demonstration. Examples include suture lab, phlebotomy, medication administration, instrument sterilization and more.
Candidate requirements:
- Taking a gap year for a 12-month commitment
- Undergraduate degree and planning to attend medical school
- Strong desire to help patients and passion for healthcare
- Warm personality
- Strong computer and typing skills
- Advanced problem-solving skills and exemplary work-ethic
- Team player who works well with others
- Dependable, punctual, and professional
- Organized, efficient, and ethical
- Knowledgeable in medical terminology
- Ability to read, understand and follow oral and written instructions
Job responsibilities:
- Intake/rooming of patients
- Answer phones/Good phone etiquette
- Scribe for providers
- Assist providers in MOHS and other surgeries/procedures
- Clean and prepare rooms at the beginning and end of the day
- Obtain patients' chief complaints and medical histories
- Assist our physicians, PA’s and NP’s during patient examination
- Assist with surgical procedures
- Suture removal and medical dressings
- Complete paperwork for laboratories
- Notify patients with pathology and/or laboratory results
- Educate patients
- Schedule appointments
- Stock exam/surgical rooms
- Learn how to do prior authorization for medications
- Learn coding and billing fundamentals
- Other medical assistant duties as assigned
WHY OZARK DERMATOLOGY CLINIC
Our vision for care. To us, it is not just a job - it is a calling. At Ozark Dermatology, our goal is to treat our patients like friends and family. Our providers and clinic staff have been called to serve our community and we do so with care that is intentional, kind, and unhurried. Never complacent, we commit to delivering healthcare that is on the leading edge. To achieve this, we utilize a creative, collaborative, and problem-solving approach that honors the privilege it is the care for you and your loved ones.
We hope to make each person we see a lifelong patient who is excited to recommend our clinic team.
Working together to exceed expectations. We recognize that the strength of our clinic is the quality of our personnel. We are committed to continuing education and development of each member of our team to ensure we provide high quality, compassionate care from arrival to departure.
Teaching our skills to the next generation. Our medical professionals and supporting staff share a commitment to education. Since 1991, we have trained resident physicians, medical students, physician assistant students, and our staff within a clinical environment of integrity, camaraderie, and optimistic intellectual exchange.
Our work environment will be transparent and authentic. The culture for our work family will be one of mutual respect between employer and employees built on trust, goodwill and open communication. Employers and employees respect feedback and will take appropriate action, as many times as needed, to keep our clinic team on the right course. We will start each day with a smile and a “good morning" to each other and each patient. Before we conclude each day, we will ask our team members if they need help and we will thank them for help given.
Additional Details
Job Type:
- Full-time
- Requires a year commitment, beginning summer 2022, through summer 2023
Salary:
Experience:
- Relevant: 1 year (Preferred)
Education:
- Bachelor's (Preferred) or may be in progress
Application Question:
- Are you planning on applying to Medical school?
Work Location:
- Travel is required to several locations in Benton and Washington counties (Northwest Arkansas)
This Company Describes Its Culture as:
- Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
- Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative
- People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Remotely
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Work Location: In person
