Title
Adopt a Resolution to:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the salary range of the classification of Medical Assistant effective July 20, 2019, as indicated in the attached Resolution; and
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors take the following actions:
a. Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution (PPPR) No. 98-394 Appendix A to adjust the salary range of the classification of Medical Assistant effective July 20, 2019, as indicated in the attached Resolution; and
b. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM system.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Monterey County Health Department is responsible for protecting the health of the entire community by collaborating with partners and community residents to improve health and racial equity, enforcing laws and regulations to protect the public's health, and offering behavioral health, primary and specialty health care, and health education services. The Health Department is organized into eight (8) Bureaus. Two the of the Bureaus use the classification of Medical Assistant: Clinic Services and the Behavioral Health.
The Medical Assistant classification is critical to the delivery of health care services in the County of Monterey and to the functioning of the outpatient primary care and behavioral health clinics. The Department has experienced an increased competition for Medical Assistants in the County which has made recruiting, hiring, and retaining incumbents in this classification increasingly difficult when salary is not competitive. Further, to sustain quality of services, and to perform all duties required of medical visits in the County's outpatient primary care clinics, an adequate staffing ratio of one (1) Provider to two (2) Medical Assistants is necessary. Due to the high nu...
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