As the healthcare industry expands with
technological advances in medicine and a growing
aging population, medical careers are expected to
grow much faster than other occupations. Action's
Job Training & Education offers the following
options for eligible individuals looking to break
into the healthcare field and start on an exciting
new career path.
HHA Training
Program
This program teaches students the skills necessary
to become Home
Health Aides, providing quality healthcare to
residents in nursing homes, assisting-living
facilities, and for clients in their homes. The
program is offered free to low-income individuals
who qualify. A criminal background check and written
assessment test are necessary for acceptance into
training.
Medical Assistant Training Program
This 22-week course prepares students to work as Medical
Assistants and provides the opportunity to complete
hands-on clinical externships at medical practices on
the North Shore. Skills learned include checking vital
signs, assisting in physical exams, performing
electrocardiograms, CPR, and collecting and preparing
laboratory specimens.
The course meets 20 hours per week and prepares students
for careers such as medical assistants, lab technicians,
and, with additional training, dialysis technicians.
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Affiliated Healthcare Facilities
Action's Job Training & Education program has partnered
with a number of area healthcare facilities to provide
training, education, and employment for participants in
our Medical Assistant Training Program.
Through
these partnerships, we are able to provide a program for
practical learning and clinical experience to prepare
participants for employment
as Clinical Medical Assistants. Our partners also provide
facilities, equipment and supervisory personnel to offer
necessary clinical experience as part of the 120-hour clinical externship.
These partnerships have been very successful not only in the training aspect of
the program, but also in job placements.
This program
is an excellent example of how community-based
organizations, area healthcare employers, the North
Shore Workforce Investment Board (WIB), the North Shore
Career Center, and colleges have collaborated to create
a solution to the labor market need for healthcare
workers.
Our partners include:
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Addison Gilbert
Primary Care
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Amy Esdale, M.D.
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Beverly Pediatric Associates
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Cape Ann Eye
Specialists, P.C.
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Cape Ann Medical Center
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Cape Ann Surgical Associates
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Cummings Center Medical Associates, Inc.
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Essex Cardiology Associates
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Family Medicine Associates, Inc.
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Garden City Pediatrics
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Gloucester Family Health Center
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Harborlight Family Medicine
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Harvard Vanguard
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Internal Medicine of the North Shore
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The Medical Group
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Northeast Health Systems, including:
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Addison Gilbert Hospital
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Beverly Hospital
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Hunt Center for Healthy Aging
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Ledgewood
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Seacoast Nursing and Retirement Center
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Heritage and Danvers
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Herrick House
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North Shore Community Health, Inc.
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North Shore Dialysis Center
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North Shore Physicians Group
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Partners Community Health Care
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VonWeiss Dermatology
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Willowdale Medical Center
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