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About Children’s Minnesota
Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood. An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites. As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital. Find us on Facebook @childrensminnesota or on Twitter and Instagram @childrensmn. Please visit childrensMN.org.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.
Position Overview The Medical Assistant Dual Trainee Program at Children’s Minnesota is a training program through the state of Minnesota where an individual works as Clinic Assistant while completing a Medical Assistant program at Rasmussen University. The program comes with up to $8,000 in tuition assistance for each trainee, to be used by July 2025.
The expectation is that the individual works in a 0.6 FTE (48 hours per two weeks), benefit eligible position while maintaining a ‘good’ status in school while taking full time credits. The trainee has the option to complete their unpaid externship with Children’s or outside of Children’s with set externship hours decided by the school program. There will be no requirement to repay funding to Children’s for the MA program, unless the individual chooses to utilize tuition reimbursement if funding runs out. The trainee will work in a setting amongst Medical Assistants to observe and shadow tasks while completing the tasks assigned to them as a Clinic Assistant. The trainee will work with their direct leader to create a weekly schedule that fits business need, their FTE, and flows around their class schedule.
If the individual does not maintain a ‘good’ status in school or their position or is not taking full time classes per semester, they would be removed from the grant program and their CA position.
Please apply if you are interested and we will contact you to with more information.
Watch a video about Medical Assisting at Children’s Minnesota: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCwGSXOydS0
What is a Clinic Assistant at Children’s MN? (position during training)
The Clinic Assistant exists to assist the providers and staff in the clerical and patient care aspects of the pediatric clinic such as rooming, vitals, screening, swab collections, and use of medical data systems.
What is a Medical Assistant at Children’s MN? (position after training)The Medical Assistant role provides professional family-centered care to infants, children, and adolescents as delegated by a provider or RN which may include the following duties:
• Escort patients to exam room and appropriately document information.
• Prepare and administer medications and injections as directed by a clinician.
• Perform and assist with procedures and treatments as directed by clinician, such as; administering hearing/vision tests, rapid strep testing, nebulizer treatments and urine catheterizations.
• Perform laboratory specimen collection and processing to ensure the accurate and appropriate performance of patient testing while maintaining patient dignity, comfort and confidentiality.
• Maintain knowledge of, and comply with, all relevant laws, regulations and policies, procedures and standards.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. Children’s Minnesota requires proof of first COVID-19 vaccine dose, and as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), immunity to vaccine preventable infectious diseases, prior to employment.
Children’s Minnesota is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities to all applicants. EO M/F/Disability/Vet Employer.
Qualifications:
• Basic Life Support Certification
• Excitement for new experiences
• Willingness to learn and grow
• Passion for pediatric care
The posted pay range represents rates for a grouping of multiple jobs within a salary grade. We carefully consider a wide range of factors including but not limited to market indicators for the specific role, the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate, and organizational needs. Base pay is just one piece of the total rewards program offered by Children’s Minnesota.
All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of an occupational health assessment, drug screen, background investigation, and compliance with the U.S. Government Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
Children’s Minnesota is proud to be an equal opportunity employer whose staff is representative of its community and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
