Medical Assistant

Medical Assistant Opportunity

Westside is looking for medical assistants! A $5,000 sign-on bonus is available. The pay rate starts at $19 per hour, and tuition reimbursement is offered. Join a team dedicated to making a difference in the community.

Westside Family Healthcare is a nonprofit organization providing high-quality primary medical care without regard to ability to pay. The medical assistant role includes clinical support, patient preparation, assisting providers, exam room maintenance, diagnostic equipment upkeep, charting, and patient education.

Since opening in 1988, Westside has been driven by a mission to improve the health of communities by providing equal access to quality healthcare, regardless of ability to pay. With 240 team members, five health centers, one mobile health unit, and over 27,000 patients across Delaware, Westside is committed to improving health, one patient, one family, one community at a time.

Our mission is to improve the health of our communities by providing equal access to quality healthcare. Our vision is to achieve health access for all. Our values include compassion, service, excellence, and empowerment.

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance paid by Westside, short and long-term disability, a 401(k) retirement plan with a match, and supplemental insurances. We offer a generous PTO package and flexibility to provide work/life balance. Westside Family Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity.

Responsibilities include rooming patients, supporting telehealth visits, preparing exam rooms, collecting laboratory specimens, operating diagnostic equipment, administering medications and vaccines, educating patients, cleaning and sterilizing instruments, and performing daily point-of-care equipment testing.

Minimum qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, completion of a medical assistant training program, basic life support certification, experience with Microsoft Office and electronic medical record software, availability to work evenings until 9 p.m. and occasional Saturday morning, and reliable transportation with the ability to travel independently between sites.

Preferred qualifications include advanced training in allied health, science, medical assisting, or other healthcare-related fields, medical assistant certification by a national organization accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies or the American National Standards Institute, and completion of an interpreter training course with certification by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters or the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters.