Care Associate, Family Medicine Clinic
Listed compensation
$18-$21.5/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
This position coordinates the patient flow and documentation for the clinic. Key
responsibilities include: Reception and Check Out, Phone Support, Scheduling,
and Payment Collection. This position is a highly visible, public relations
position with significant customer contact. Follow documented procedures to
support posting payments and adjustments to patient accounts, secondary
insurance claims for government and commercial payers.
Benefits
Here at Gunnison Valley Health, your good work will be rewarded. In addition to
a competitive salary, a generous and affordable medical/dental/vision plan, and
a dollar for dollar 401(a) match, up to 3%, there are other great perks
including
* Up to $250 in your first year toward your unique Lifestyle Spending Account,
matched retirement starting on day 1, and a dependent care matching plan
* GVH insurance kicks in on the first day of the month following start and
comes with a discount of 45% on services provided by GVH
* Paid time off benefits with an accrual rate of 10.77% in your first year of
employment
* Access to mental health, financial health and wellness as well as life
coaching with our Employee Assistance Program
* Free nutrition consultations, and discounted fitness membership at Western
Colorado University Fieldhouse
* No traffic, and a scenic commute to the office
* Join a supportive team in a fun environment!
Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.
Experience: Experience or training in a healthcare office setting, customer
relations, and telephone etiquette. Customer service, interpersonal
communication skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with other
employees, other departments and the public, preferred. Ability to handle
multiple tasks simultaneously, prioritize work and meet deadlines and
concentrate in a busy environment is preferred. Ability to use common computer
system and clerical administrative work is required.
Essential Functions
* Greet patients and ensure a complete and accurate patient registration
* Collect appropriate co-pays or balance due at the time of service
* Manage patient flow and facilitate accurate documentation between the front
desk and clinical functions.
* Phone support - receive, respond to and transfer calls as needed
* Maintain excellent inter-personal relationship with patients, visitors,
doctors, co workers and supervisory staff
Shift - Day
Schedule - 8a - 5p Monday - Friday, weekends off!
Status - Full Time
Compensation: $18.00 - $21.50/hr, depending on experience.
There is no deadline to apply for this position; we are accepting applications
on an ongoing basis until a finalist is selected.
Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. Gunnison Valley
Health provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that
add to your bottom line.
Occasionally - Standing, change position, reach, reach across midline,
crouching, stooping, stairs, lifting (0-20 lbs) carrying (0-20 lbs)
pushing/pulling 20-50 lbs.
Frequently – Walking, sitting, handling, pinching
Continuously – See with corrective eyewear, hear clearly with assistance
Benefits Eligibility
Medical, dental, vision, health care FSA, dependent care FSA, and Lifestyle
Spending Account: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay period
in a Full Time or Part Time position are eligible for benefits on the first of
the month after hire.
Full Time staff are automatically enrolled in 401A plan as of date of hire.
Life and AD&D insurance: All active employees working 40 or more hours per pay
period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after hire date.
Short-term and long-term disability: All active employees working 60 or more
hours per pay period are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after
hire date.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinates patient flow, registration, and documentation within a family medicine clinic. Responsibilities include handling reception, scheduling, phone support, and collecting payments and insurance claims.
Requirements
Requires a high school diploma and the ability to perform clerical administrative work using common computer systems. Experience in a healthcare office setting and strong customer service skills are preferred.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Care Associate, Family Medicine Clinic at Gunnison Valley Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,290 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Colorado, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$245k (36 salary observations; 77 listings), vs ~$264k nationally (685 salary observations; 2,751 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 50% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 10.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$41k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $40k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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