Medical Assistant
Hiring bonus: $25 — NEXTAFF pays new hires who apply through this link. Terms are set by the agency.
- Agency
- NEXTAFF
- Location
- Sarasota, FL
- Job type
- Contract to perm
- Pay
- $22.00/HourlyRate
- Profession
- Medical Assistant
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 2, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $22.00
- Weekly
- $880
- Yearly (full-time)
- $45,760
This job pays about $22.00/hour — 5% above the median for Medical Assistant jobs in Florida ($21.00/hour).
Estimated from the hourly rate in the listing, 40 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
Medical Assistant jobs in Florida right now
- 18 open Medical Assistant jobs in Florida from 3 agencies, 3 of them in Sarasota.
- Pay in these listings: $15.00 – $23.00/hour, median $21.50/hour.
- Typical Medical Assistant pay in Florida: $21.00/hour ($43,680/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: NEXTAFF ($22.00/hour across 12 jobs).
Job description
Medical Assistant – Sarasota, FL
Nextaff is urgently hiring an experienced Medical Assistant to support a busy primary care practice in Sarasota, FL. In this vital role, you’ll be supporting multiple providers and be hands-on with patient care, greeting and rooming patients, collecting vital signs, updating medical histories and readying them for meeting with their provider, and helping to keep the office running smoothly.
What's In It For You:
What We need From You:
About Nextaff:
We’re a locally-owned healthcare recruiting and staffing firm, based in Sarasota and backed by national resources, that helps medical practices expand their recruiting & hiring bandwidth, connecting top clinical, medical administrative and practice leadership talent with great opportunities throughout Florida. #nextaffsarasotaHC
Nextaff is urgently hiring an experienced Medical Assistant to support a busy primary care practice in Sarasota, FL. In this vital role, you’ll be supporting multiple providers and be hands-on with patient care, greeting and rooming patients, collecting vital signs, updating medical histories and readying them for meeting with their provider, and helping to keep the office running smoothly.
What's In It For You:
- $20–$23/hour, based on experience
- Full-time, Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM– 5:00 PM, no nights or weekend
- Weekly pay while on assignment and health insurance with Nextaff eligibility starting Day 1
- Clear path to earning a permanent position with our client with an attractive benefits including health/dental/vision insurance, PTO, paid holidays and matching 401(k)
What We need From You:
- At least one year of recent Medical Assistant experience in a Primary Care or Family Medicine practice
- Experience with EHR systems (eClinicalWorks a plus)
- Bilingual skills strongly preferred (English & Spanish)
- High school diploma/equivalent & ability to pass background/drug screening
About Nextaff:
We’re a locally-owned healthcare recruiting and staffing firm, based in Sarasota and backed by national resources, that helps medical practices expand their recruiting & hiring bandwidth, connecting top clinical, medical administrative and practice leadership talent with great opportunities throughout Florida. #nextaffsarasotaHC
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