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Certified Medical Assistant - Spanish-Speaking Preferred (Open & Promotional)

County of San Mateo!
County of San Mateo, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Feb 2026
💰 $71,940/yr($57,560/yr$71,940/yr)

About the role

Posting number: F079BY

Department: San Mateo Medical Center

Job classification: Medical Services Assistant II

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Health Services, Medical/Dental

Summary

Note: This recruitment schedule was amended on April 25, 2022 to extend the Final Filing Date. This recruitment has been changed to "Continuous." 

San Mateo County Health - San Mateo Medical Center and its outpatient clinics are seeking experienced Certified Medical Assistants - Spanish Speaking Preferred to join our care teams. Under direct supervision of licensed staff, Certified Medical Assistants (CMAs) perform a variety of patient care and other services required to treat patients in a health services outpatient or mobile clinic.

San Mateo Medical Center offers comprehensive primary and specialty care for infants, children, teens, adults and seniors in clinics throughout San Mateo County. For more information, please visit https://www.smchealth.org/smmc-guide-clinics.

The ideal candidate will have experience in an Ambulatory Care Clinic and documenting in an Electronic Medical Record. Knowledge of working in care teams and patient centered medical home terminology is preferred, but not required.

The current vacancies are in:
  • Coastside Clinic, located at 225 South Cabrillo Highway, Suite 100A, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019.
  • Daly City Health Center, located at 380 90th Street, Daly City, CA 94015.
  • Daly City Youth Health Center, located at 350 90th Street, Daly City 94015.
  • Fair Oaks Health Center, located at 2710 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063.
  • Main Campus hospital and clinics, located at 222 W. 39th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403.
  • Mental Health Primary Care Clinics at Main Campus (San Mateo) and Daly City Health Center.
  • South San Francisco Clinic, located at 306 Spruce Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080.
  • Whole Person Care, located in all above sites.

The current vacancies are Regular vacancies and Extra Help vacancies. Future vacancies may include extra-help, limited term, unclassified, and regular classified positions.

Extra Help - Extra-help positions are short-term employment for up to 1040 hours which is equivalent to about six months; however, employment might end sooner depending on the needs of the hiring departments. Extra-help assignments are at-will and the employee is paid on an hourly basis. Some extra help positions are eligible for benefits under the Affordable Care Act. Extra-help workers are not guaranteed permanent status at the end of the extra-help assignment.

Term - Term positions are designated for a specific and limited period of time, anywhere from 6 months to a maximum of 3 years depending on the assignment. Benefits package for term positions are similar to regular positions EXCEPT for retirement. Term employees receive a 401A retirement package and are not eligible for retiree health benefits or a defined benefit pension.

Unclassified - Unclassified positions are at-will for a limited duration, typically associated with grant or other special funding. These positions are not covered by San Mateo County Civil Service Rules; and there is no formal probation period. The following are the same for classified and unclassified positions: salary, increases and other forms of compensation; accrual of sick leave, vacation, overtime, holiday and leaves of absence; health, dental, vision, long & short term disability, and retirement.

Compensation:
 
Salary:
Medical Services Assistants II who are assigned to the clinics and perform advanced patient care duties as defined in the classification specification shall receive a differential of 6.2% in addition to all other compensation.
 
NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies for MSA II - Option 2: Outpatient Care.

Examples of duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Accurately take and record the condition, respiration, pulse, temperature and blood pressure of patients; record other pertinent information as observed or measured.
  • Apply non-sterile dressings and administer non-medicated treatments under the supervision of a registered nurse, licensed physician, surgeon, podiatrist, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
  • Carry out rehabilitation procedur

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