Medical Assistant, Lead

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 62 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 417,000 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.

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is looking for a Lead Medical Assistant to perform a wide variety of patient care activities and accommodative services for assigned clinic patients directed by the Clinic Director and/or Chief Nursing Officer in order to facilitate the delivery of prompt, quality care. Performs lead duties, which may include training new employees, coaching & mentoring staff, serving as a subject matter expert, and providing input on performance reviews.

Responsibilities:

• Attends in-services or completes make-up assignments.

• Consistently follows Policies and Procedures to ensure positive patient outcomes.

• For Floats: Travels to locations as necessary; integrates to workflow and helps support clinic productivity.

• Handles laboratory specimens appropriately.

• Keeps sites in compliance with TJC, DHS, CHDP, and Medi-Cal Managed Care Requirements.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Performs waive testing and phlebotomy.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of experience as Medical Assistant and 1 year of experience as Medical Assistant Preceptor and/or Medical Assistant Lead at one of FHCSD sites or 4 years of experience as Medical Assistant with 1 of those at FHCSD with good to exceptional performance reviews and no corrective actions.

• Current American Heart Association healthcare provider CPR (BLS), or Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, or Advance Resuscitation Training required.

• High School graduate or equivalent.

• Medical Assistant diploma from an approved course.

• Bilingual in English/ Spanish preferred.

Rewards:

• Job type: Regular Full Time

• Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits

• Retirement Plan with Employer Match

• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays

• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance

• Employee Discounts and Wellness Programs

FHCSD was founded by community activists working towards a common goal: caring, affordable, high-quality medical care for all. We are proud to continue this mission today as we provide accessible services to over 210,000 patients across San Diego County. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the medically underserved.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses.

$27.00 - $31.53

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: FHCSD Wellness - Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)