Some background about me: I graduated from undergrad a year ago, and I'm taking 1-3 gap years before I attend medical school.
Two months ago, I had the opportunity to do a medical assistant externship at a clinic, which I won't name in case it's used to identify me. I'm not sure if the staff uses Reddit. I finished the externship after completing the required hours, and the doctor invited me to work there. I'm not that close to the doctor, but in the beginning of my externship, she emphasized that she's willing to write me a letter of recommendation in the future when I apply to med school. I thought it was really nice of her. As I continued to do my externship, I realized there's something off about her and the rest of the staff. The doctor is an assertive person who tends to talk more than she listens, so I feel like she doesn't have the patience to listen to me. One time, I was taking notes and she told me that I shouldn't use my notebook because the best way to learn was to observe and apply what I've learned. I didn't get a chance to explain myself before she went into her office. I don't like to admit this, but I'm a forgetful person and the amount of information that I had to learn was overwhelming. It helps to review my notes to retain the info. The medical assistants who were supposed to train me don't really have that much time. When they're free, they don't teach me everything and seem to purposefully hide some things from me. For example, I asked one of the medical assistants if she could teach me how to use the autoclave. She explained part of it, and then I had to learn more from another medical assistant. I think they don't want me to replace them, so that's probably why they don't teach me everything. The staff also assigns mundane work like scanning documents and doing phone call reminders. I don't get the opportunity to help with administering injections, doing light therapy, or doing electrocardiograms. They don't want me to do those stuff because they think I will make a costly mistake. To be honest, I might as well be trained as an office assistant instead of a medical assistant. However, I wonder if they're being overprotective. They probably experienced bad things and wanted to protect me from repeating their future mistakes. But my relationship with them is formal and I rarely disclose my personal life because of the “mean girl culture” associated with medical assistants. I won't give them information about me that they can use as ammunition.
Now back to the present. I told the doctor that I'm interested in working at her clinic, especially since it's a flexible job where I can work 1-2 days per week. But now I'm having second thoughts about the job offer. The doctor didn't mention the pay rate, and only asked me to provide W-4 and I-9 forms by going online. I believe there's something missing, so I texted her if she can send me a letter of employment offer. She didn't respond to me and asked one of the medical assistants to correspond with me. I was asked to meet with the doctor tomorrow afternoon to discuss pay rate and job expectations. There's no way I'm going to drive 1 hour there and back just for a short conversation, so I asked for a virtual meeting. I'm not sure if she's going to go through with it because I'm waiting for a confirmation.
If this discussion happens tomorrow, what should I bring up? I think there's other forms they're leaving out, like a form for bank deposit information and other contracts. There's also some questions I want to ask her, such as bonus plan and room for advancement. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!