BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (BMH) and Community College of Vermont (CCV) are joining forces in response to challenges in filling positions within the local healthcare workforce by launching an accelerated program to prepare qualified candidates for jobs as Certified Medical Assistants.
Enrollment in the 14-week program will be limited to 20 participants. Classes will be held on the CCV Brattleboro campus.
As part of the joint initiative, BMH is providing full scholarships for eight successful applicants to the program. Scholarship recipients will have their CCV tuition waived and will receive supervised clinical practice at BMH. The eight scholarship recipients will be hired as Medical Assistants at BMH upon successful completion of the program.
CCV will begin accepting applications for the new College to Career Program in June, and the first session of classes will begin on Sept. 12. The curriculum will consist of a combination of classroom instruction at CCV and hands-on practice.
The first in a series of informational presentations about the new program will be held in the Brew Barry Conference Room #2 at BMH on Tuesday, June 7, at 2 p.m.
The public is invited to attend to learn about program details, the application process, and the eight scholarship opportunities available. Staff from BMH and CCV, as well as current BMH Medical Assistants, will be on hand to answer questions and provide technical assistance with the application process.
Go to ccv.edu or contact Leigh Marthe at 802-254-6389 for more information.