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Hey guys, thanks for all the advice :) . I had a little chat with the practice manager and I told her about some of the things I had been experiencing and that I thought it would be best for my title to be changed, we both agreed on receptionist and she said that my pay would stay the same so hopefully that makes my time at work a little less hostile. All in all I don't care about how i'm treated at work I only care that i'm doing at least something to help the community. Even if it is just as a medical receptionist

In my state you do not have to be certified or licensed to be a medical assistant. In my state most clinics that need medical assistants don't require you to be certified, and I have never claimed to be certified or to have any education in medical assisting

I'm basically the receptionist but the practice manager is too nice to say that to me

Hello everyone, this is my first post so please go easy on me if I just asked a stupid question. It's just that I need an outside answer from nurses about my workplace troubles. I've been a male non-certified medical assistant at a large practice for almost a year now and I'm just a highschool student. Even though before this job I had virtually no experience as a medical assistant I was still hired part time because of my impeccable computer skills. The other medical assistants at my job are all certified and I'm not, so anything that involves direct patient care (Drawing blood, checking there weight, bringing them to there room) goes to the CMA's, I'm perfectly fine with that. I'm used as the receptionist and also do a lot of clerical work. My problem is my interaction with the other medical assistants and the nurses. They are all kind to each other for the most part but whenever they look at me they act like I murdered there family or something terrible like that. Whenever they hand me a patients file they won't even look me in the eye and its obvious they say rude things about me when i'm not in the room because when I walk into the break room all the talking stops. I get along very well with the physicians and the APRN and even the patients tell the physicians how well I work and how friendly I am. I don't even bring my cell phone to work because I don't think it's appropriate to be on it while patients are in the office. I am the only male on the staff besides some of the doctors. My question is do nurses not like medical assistants? and is there any way that I can improve my workplace etiquette because obviously i'm not making a very good impression on the nursing staff (theres about 4 LPN and 2 RN)