Skip to content

Front desk & admin

RECEPTIONIST

Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz$18/hrSanta Cruz, CAPart TimePosted 3w ago

How this pay compares

This posting states $18 an hour. Open medical receptionist jobs in California post a median of $23.80 an hour, the middle half $21.50–$25.25, across 77 jobs that state their pay, so this one is below the middle half of what they post. Medical receptionists employed in California earn a median of $21.20 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab).

Medical receptionists in California: pay by town and employer

The Patient Access, Coding & Medical Admin job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

About the job

SUMMARY

Represents the company in a positive and professional manner while greeting visitors, answering telephone, and directing calls.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Answers the telephone in a professional manner; directs calls to appropriate individuals, and/or takes messages.

  • May fax and photocopy information as needed.
  • Maintains current resident / patient and staff directories
  • May accept job applications and forwards to appropriate department.
  • Announces emergency codes and instructions over public address system as required.
  • Assists Residents, family members, and others with inquiries regarding Resident and facility information.

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS

  • Minimum high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Exceptional customer service skills and telephone etiquette.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

N.A.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENT

Working in normal office environment, employee may be required to sit, bend, stoop, use keyboard, see, talk and hear. May

occasionally lift objects of 10 to 25 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to

perform the essential functions.

  • THER REQUIREMENTS

Participates in (or conducts) company-sponsored training to safeguard against improper use and disclosure of resident’s

protected health information. Monitors and oversees facility’s efforts to comply with company policies, procedures and state

and federal law. By his / her signature below, employee agrees to adhere to and oversee communication of privacy guidelines

relative to the confidentiality of residents’ protected health information.

JOB DESCRIPTION REVIEW

I understand this job description, its requirements and that I am expected to complete all duties as assigned. I understand the

job duties, may be altered from time to time.

Mariner Healthcare reserves the right to discontinue any bonus program at anytime.

From Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz's job posting, checked Oct 29, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • GRACE StaffingHealthcare staffing agency

    Healthcare staffing agency placing nurses, allied professionals and healthcare administrators on assignments.

    Places: Nurses, Front desk & admin, Allied health

  • Cross Country Healthcare logo

    Cross Country HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    A national staffing company placing travel nurses, allied professionals, therapists and locum tenens providers, with local and per diem work too.

    Places: Nurses, NPs & PAs, Doctors, CNAs & PCTs

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New patient access, front desk and medical coding jobs in California, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz

Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz is a 92 (source: Medicare Care Compare: Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz, opens in a new tab)-bed nursing home in Santa Cruz, CA, certified by Medicare and Medicaid. Its job board posts jobs for therapists, nurses and front-office staff. Source: Medicare Care Compare: Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz

Based in Santa Cruz, CAHires in CaliforniaPay on its listings: 17.6% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More patient access, front desk and medical coding jobs

Experienced in the healthcare front office or coding?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Driftwood Healthcare Center-Santa Cruz's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.