Medical Assistant
San Diego, California
- Eligibility
- RNDermatology
Posted Jun 29
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Below most CA staff postings
CA staff postings that state pay run $33/hr to $86/hr, the middle half $42/hr to $69/hr, across 1985 postings.
About this role
University Dermatology Group in San Diego, CA, seeking motivated back office medical assistants. Gain 1,600+ hours of direct patient facing experience. Work side by side with board certified physician, physician assistants, and registered nurses. Master EHR workflows, medical terminology, HIPAA compliance, and insurance fundamentals. Core responsibilities include guiding patients through medical history, taking patients' history with EHR, scribing notes, assisting in biopsies and surgeries, answering patients with lab results, calling pharmacies, sterilizing instruments, organizing patient rooms, and upholding HIPAA and OSHA regulations.
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- Recent college graduate on a Pre-Med, Pre-Nursing, Pre-PA, or related health science track
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office; prior EHR exposure is a plus but not required
- Strong work ethic, professionalism, and attention to detail
- Ability to commit to a full-time, 40 hour schedule for minimum 12 months or more
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid sick time
- Staff rate dermatology services
Place
- City
- San Diego, California
- Median rent
- $2,313/mo
- Local household income
- $108,077/yr
- Metro price level
- 12% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
San Diego area index 111.9, where 100 is the national average.
Swap snow boots for dawn patrol at Pacific Beach before shifts at UC San Diego Health. San Diego's cost of living runs about 12% above the national average, but California nursing wages, 70 miles of coastline, and Balboa Park make the premium work—especially when January means outdoor tacos in Barrio Logan, not windshield ice.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
University Dermatology Group is a dermatology practice located in San Diego, California (ZIP 92123). The practice provides general dermatology services including biopsies, minor surgeries, lab result management, and patient education. For nursing professionals, the environment offers direct patient-facing clinical experience…
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
