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Cardinal Health is hiring a Medical Assistant / Clinical Services in Encinitas, CA. It is a full-time role in Healthcare & Life Sciences, open to entry-level candidates, first listed on November 7. The advertised pay is $21 an hour. Cardinal Health has 99 other openings in the US.
How the pay compares
Cardinal Health advertises $21 an hour. That is lower than about 89% of the 9 healthcare & pharma jobs in California that publish an hourly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $28.87 an hour. At 40 hours a week all year, $21 an hour comes to about $44,000 before tax. Convert other hourly rates To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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About hiring at Cardinal Health
Cardinal Health has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 30 states. Most are in operations (40), healthcare & pharma (23) and software & IT (6). The biggest locations are Dublin, OH (5), Montgomery, NY (3) and Fort Worth, TX (3). 18% of them are remote, 25% are open to entry-level candidates and 96% show pay. We collect Cardinal Health's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
This is Cardinal Health's own description of the job, copied word for word from its careers site. We have not edited it.
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What Clinical Services contributes to Cardinal Health
Clinical Care Delivery provides high quality, patient-centered care focused on diagnosing, treating and managing care while ensuring the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of the practice.
To improve patient care and patient satisfaction, a new employee can help the doctor see more patients, reducing wait times and increasing patient access and patient care.
Responsibilities
- Take vitals and room patients
- Assist during medical procedures
- Request and obtain necessary clinical documents for patients' chart
- Organize examination rooms
- May assist in verifying patient insurance, assist with voicemail and returns calls accordingly
- Communicate with providers, staff and patients.
Qualifications
- 0-2 years of experience, preferred
- Medical Assistant diploma required
- Bilingual Spanish highly preferred
- Must have experience with Medical Terminology - reading and writing skills
- Ability to multi-task a fast-paced work environment
- Work schedule - Monday - Friday
What is expected of you and others at this level
- Acquires job skills and learns company policies and procedures to complete standard tasks
- Works on basic and routine assignments
- Selects correct processes from prescribed rules or guidelines
- Work is closely managed and follows detailed instructions
- Seeks regular guidance and advice from supervisor
Location
cCARE Encinitas
326 Santa Fe, Suite 105
Encinitas, CA 92024
Anticipated hourly range: $21.00 per hour - $27.83 per hour
Bonus eligible: No
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Paid time off plan
- Health savings account (HSA)
- 401k savings plan
- Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
- Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Work-Life resources
- Paid parental leave
- Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close: 11/26/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The hourly range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
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