Medical Assistant

Impact Lives, Impact Community

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother / community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe clinic environment
• Prepare patients for examinations and procedures and assist providers as needed
• Support nursing staff and providers as directed
• Assist with managing clinic flow
• Schedule patient follow-up appointments, communicate referral information, and discharge instructions
• Explain medication instructions, and seek additional support for patients if needed
• Administer medications, including injections, when appropriate
• Draw blood and administer vaccines
• Respond to voicemails, routes messages, and return phone calls in a timely manner
• Record patient information in Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• Clean, process, and sterilize medical instruments
• Collects and handles laboratory specimens appropriately
• Follow 5S and continuous quality improvement methods in the workplace
• Follow all HIPAA guidelines
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

Rewards

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits. $26.00 - $30.34 If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and / or experience. In addition to these factors we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here).