Explore two different career paths, starting as a medical assistant at Northwell Health.

At Northwell, we believe your career should be a dynamic journey. We invest in our team members by offering resources from comprehensive well-being programs to providing ongoing professional development. When you explore a career well cared for with our team as a medical assistant, you’ll find a fulfilling career path with opportunities to expand your clinical skills, pursue new certifications and advance your career.

Medical assistants prepare patients for the physician, administering, obtaining and recording diagnostic laboratory test results. They assist in coordinating the organization of care to meet patient needs, including preparing, organizing and filing reports into the medical record. Here are the qualifications required for a medical assistant position at Northwell:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Completion of a medical assistant training program with a certificate.

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• One to three (1-3) years of experience as a medical assistant, emergency medical technician or certified nursing attendant (with a valid certificate).

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• Successful completion of the Northwell Health Medical Assistant training program.

Ready to explore a career at Northwell? Below, learn how you can begin your journey as a medical assistant and see how Holly and Karla took different paths, listed below. Their inspiring career journeys demonstrate how a starting role as a medical assistant can unlock many career paths within Northwell. Discover a career well cared for as a medical assistant.

For the complete job profiles of each role, we invite you to visit NorthwellCareers.com or view our available medical assistant roles here.

Holly’s Career Path

• 2012 – Medical Assistant, Northwell Health Physician Partners
• 2014 – Senior Medical Assistant, Northwell Health Physician Partners
• 2018 – Coordinator, Administrative Operations, Northwell Health
• 2020 – Associate Product Services and Management Analyst, Northwell Health
• 2022 – Product Services and Management Analyst, Northwell Health
• Current position – Senior Product Services and Management Analyst, Northwell Health

Click here to learn more about Holly’s career journey at Northwell.

Karla’s Career Path

• 2016 – Certified Medical Assistant, Cardiology, Phelps Hospital
• 2018 – Certified Medical Assistant, Endocrinology, Phelps Hospital
• 2019 – Patient Care Associate, Medical/Surgical, Phelps Hospital
• Current position – Registered Nurse, Phelps Hospital

Click here to learn more about what a day in the life of a medical assistant looks like.