As demand for healthcare rises across the country, more than one practice is feeling the squeeze of medical assistant shortages. Medical assistants are pillars of any healthcare team, but there are only so many to go around. We all need actionable solutions to the problem, and that’s precisely what MedCerts Partner Solutions is here to provide. 

Here are 3 strategies you can use to tackle the medical assistant shortage in your organization right away. 

Use a Proven Train-and-Hire Model With MedCerts

Implementing an effective train-and-hire model is one of the best ways to tackle a medical assistant shortage. In brief, a train-and-hire model involves—as the name implies—training personnel for their desired roles before actually hiring them. That may sound like a waste of resources, but with MedCerts specialized training, it works. Our specialty is providing on-demand training for a pool of applicants, available and ready to meet your needs and timeline. 

The benefits of this approach are obvious: 

• You can select candidates from a carefully curated talent pool, recruited and vetted by your very own training partner, MedCerts. 
• Bring candidates up to speed on the exact procedures or skills you require in advance of when you need them using our online, engaging content. 
• It eliminates bad fits before there’s even a need to consider them. That translates into a leaner, more efficient hiring process for you. 

And the training program doesn’t commit you to hiring anyone either. We simply help train and place candidates as needed, without requiring you to hire a medical assistant or other staff you don’t truly need. For healthcare organizations needing to fill frequent staffing shortages, the train-and-hire model is clearly a win-win. 

Upskill or Re-skill Your Existing Personnel Teams

This admittedly sounds like an advanced strategy, but that’s only if you don’t have MedCerts at your side. Every healthcare administrator knows hiring a new employee is more expensive than keeping someone you already know. Your existing staff already has a rapport with your organization, but if they lack the precise skills you need today, working with MedCerts can close the gap and cover all your bases. 

How? Enrolling your employees in our custom, online training programs or integrating MedCerts courses into your training programs – allows you to promote internal team members and fill your vacancies. Retraining your staff members means: 

• Less staffing turnover (and burnout) for your organization. 
• An increased sense of job satisfaction and longevity for your existing staff. 
• The opportunity to keep the talent you’ve already invested so many resources into. 

Healthcare organizations looking to address the persistent shortage of medical assistants will recognize this as a clear solution.

Take Advantage of Healthcare Apprenticeships

MedCerts is a long-time believer in healthcare apprenticeship programs and an approved Department of Labor apprenticeship intermediary. Our platform brings together mentors and mentees from across the gamut of medical specialties, allowing less experienced individuals to gain the practical skills you require without neglecting their daily obligations. This is quite a valuable service for you, as it allows you to: 

• Train a cadre of healthcare professionals who already have direct experience with the staffing roles you must fill. 
• Design a pathway for staff to move quickly into positions with the highest staffing needs.
• Benefit from a practical, hands-on learning experience with MedCerts’s exclusive apprenticeship programs. 

Bridging the gap between practical and theoretical medical knowledge is one of our top priorities here at MedCerts. With our apprenticeship programs, we can help your organization fill its vacancies with top-quality personnel with no added expense to you. 

Making MedCerts Your Exclusive Medical Assistant Partner

With these strategies in your arsenal, you’ll be able to fill any medical assistant vacancy with excellent personnel quickly. Exploring these and other strategies with MedCerts Partner Solutions is an exceptional method of handling a range of staffing challenges, not just shortages—burnout, lack of skills or practical experience are all obstacles to running a successful practice. MedCerts is here to make these things a thing of the past, so contact a member of our team to get started today.