Medical Assistant - HealthExpress - Encinitas

Scripps Coastal Medical Center makes it easy and convenient for our community to receive exceptional health care in San Diego. Our primary care physicians and their teams provide annual exams, preventive health screenings, wellness information and diagnostic services for you and your family.

With offices throughout San Diego County, our doctors specialize in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology. Some locations also provide rheumatology and orthopedics care. When further specialty care is needed, you have access to an extensive network of medical experts throughout the region. Scripps also provides health education resources, including weight management programs, nutrition and fitness classes, and programs for chronic conditions, such as diabetes.

This is a benefited, full time position working 8-hr shifts sometime between 7am-8pm on varied days. Every other weekend (both Saturdays and Sundays) and holiday rotations required. Located in Encinitas but flexibility to float to neighboring Scripps Health Express locations required.Why join Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications
• Becker's Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology

Why Health Express (same day clinic)?

• Team-oriented environment
• Delivering exceptional patient care
• Patients ranging from pediatrics (ages 3+ months old) to adults
• Variable schedules allowing for more flexibility
• Weekends & holidays required on a rotating basis
• Ability to float to neighboring Scripps Health Express locations is required
• Seeking dependable, self-motivated team players

Position Description:

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment
• Perform patient care services that support the providers and clinic
• Front Office responsibilities such as registration, scheduling, patient check-ins, collecting co-pays and check-outs
• Clinical support by checking patient vitals, rooming patients, stocking exam rooms, point of care duties, immunizations, covid swabbing, and providing patient education
• Wide variety of acute care patients
• Patient volumes of 25 and up per day (sometimes as high as 50)

Required Qualifications:

• Completion of a formal Medical Assistant Program OR hold a Medical Assistant Certification OR have a minimum of two years of experience as a military corpsman
• BLS certification for the Healthcare Provider by the American Heart Association (AHA)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1 year MA experience in an outpatient setting
• Pediatric experience
• Customer service experience
• Experience with injections and vaccines
• Experience with PPD (tuberculin) placement
• New grads welcome to apply!

At Scripps Health, you will experience the pride, support and respect of an organization that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work.
You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and unlock your potential.

Position Pay Range: $25.95-$32.56/hour