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Gunnison Valley Health
Gunnison, Colorado

Care Associate, Family Medicine Clinic

Family MedicineNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$18-$20.7/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and time off.

Posted 7mo ago

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.

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 business software is necessary.

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

Status - Full Time

Compensation: $18.00 - $20.70/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

This role coordinates patient flow and documentation within the family medicine clinic, handling key tasks such as reception, check-out, phone support, scheduling, and payment collection. Essential functions include ensuring accurate patient registration, collecting co-pays, managing patient flow between front desk and clinical functions, and maintaining excellent interpersonal relationships.

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required for this position, along with experience or training in a healthcare office setting, customer relations, and telephone etiquette. Preferred qualifications include strong customer service skills, the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and proficiency with common computer systems and business software.

Key Skills

Patient Flow CoordinationTask PrioritizationComputer Systems UseBusiness Software UseCo-pay Collection

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Colorado, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$261k (125 salary observations; 229 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,908 salary observations; 6,496 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$40k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $39k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 50% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Care Associate, Family Medicine Clinic at Gunnison Valley Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,556 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 37 employers

19
<$325k
8
$325k-350k
15
$350k-375k
6
$375k-400k
2
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 37 employers

401k / retirement match
84% this job
Sign-on bonus
68%
CME allowance
57%
Relocation assistance
39%
Loan repayment
23%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

Primary Care Physician- Arvada

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$300k-$400k
#3

Primary Care Physician

$385k-$395k
#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,556 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Gunnison

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$665k
Median resident rent
$1,230/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision
Health care FSA
Dependent care FSA
Lifestyle Spending Account
401A plan
Life and AD&D insurance
Short-term and long-term disability