care coordinator

medical assistant

community health worker

merchandise flow team member

care concierge

Savas Health

The job is easy/manageable.  Just like any job you have difficult days depending on high complex patients. But the staff is great. Just like at any job you have those who do the bare minimum, that don’t know the definition of team work and then you have those coworkers who are AMAZING, work as a team and you enjoy working with that make your day better. yes, there is gossip, but that’s everywhere. Toxic work environment, where? Only toxic people say that. Our providers, care care teams are great. Our clinic manager is amazing and is always there to help and answer questions, team leads are also helpful and available. If you need help, ask. If you don’t know, ask. And be open to receive feedback and be open to change. Everyone is an adult and there shouldn’t be any babysitting. I can say that there is a lack of communication between departments that needs improvement. A lot of staff left recently due to schedule/hour changes and that has left our teams very short staffed.  There was also an entire restructure/management change to all departments but the direction the company is heading seems promising. The job is like any other; You either like it or you don’t, and that’s okay. If you show up with a good attitude, be ready to work and be a team player, you will get that in return. 

As a current employee at Desert Clinic Pain Institute/Summit pain institute, I’ve found in years working for organization that if an employee puts forth hard work hard, dedication, commitment to patient care, respect, good attendance and refrain from complaining, gossip and drama;  you will find your learning professional skill sets and further knowledge of pain management modalities. Organization compensates for those who are commited and strive to further excel in their career. Management, chief medical officer and physicians will guide/train those who are seeking opportunity to grow knowledge of field. If your prone to change and evolving to new systems you will find job interesting. Daily work is fast paced and requires patient engagement, and enjoyable for those who thrive off of personal interactions, which makes the work day go by fast. Organization has upcoming opportunities for lead positions and company looks within first for those who are fit. If you’re not open or flexible to change probably not the best place for those.

Upper management is out of touch with what goes on with day to day happenings. They do not appreciate what staff does & could care less if you go out of your way for patients & families. Visiting corporate management just hides out in the front office until they can quietly slip out the front door at 5pm. The owner has his heart in the right place but needs better managers. Staff working the floor tries their best with what they're given. It was great until I was loaded with 2-3 short staff responsabilities to make medical office function, quickly burned out. Such a beautiful place going to waste.

If you want to work somewhere that has no Policy and Procedures, this is the place. Policy and procedures are implemented as discovered on a day by day basis. Supervisors favorite words are "Moving forward", "We will look into it", and nothing gets done. It seems like there are bonuses given for an employee that is made to run out the door or fired. Overall, believe it or not I love the concept of the company, just wish everyone understood it or was on the same page.

One of the things that I love about working for Desert Clinic Pain Institute is that there is such a clear difference that you are making in patient's lives.  I have seen patients enter the program (the COE specifically), find a community to walk with them, learn with them and spur them on.  I have seen patients get off of decade long dependencies on opioids and have even seen patients get up out of a wheel chair and walk for the very first time in years.  Now, this is all outward positive realities.  Behind the scenes, there is a close camaraderie of  workplace relationships as well.  There is mutual dependency and reliability that fosters a teamwork environment that is complementary.  There is support from the top down, from management to staff.  Also, there is plenty of room for career advancement.  I have seem people come into the clinics as medical assistants working on further education and rise up to corporate administration upon completion of the requirements.  That is really encouraging to me.

This place loves putting employees under constant supervision with multiple ways of supervising. There is your supervisor, a clinic supervisor and thier assistant plus each departments supervisor who also act like your boss. Most of the department managers in charge are so lazy and do not want to complete thier tasks and just put all the burden on thier employees. Management has new ideas everyday and changes things around almost everyday when you walk in.  

I felt like my manager was just trying to get paid and not make any efforts to get any work done. Was super fake and careless. Probably had no idea what they were doing yet trying to put on a show of how they are so busy getting things done. Favoritism at all times. Giving thier favorites a favor for anything yet others could work hard and get bad reviews. 

 The rest of the coworkers and staff are amazing people to work with but most of them have high work related stress. So not a great work environment.  

I was a medical assistant/ clinical flow rotation. And let me tell you, the supervisor of rancho mirage clinic has the most nastiest attitude ever! She had me clean walls on my 3rd day there, clean exam rooms. I was doing everything but the position i got haired for, I felt more like a janitor there. I was doing front desk work, helping the supervisor with her work, I supposed to be offered a full-time Medical assistant career instead and I was promised one and a couple of days later I found out that there was a new hire for my position and a new hire for  the Medical assistant position I was promised 
. That place is all talk. They promise this they promise that but in reality they only care about how they’re clinicliiks, they don’t care about the employees everyone was scared of upper management they never greeted anyone never said hello nothing!


During my time at the Hesperia clinic, it truly felt like a family—and more than that, it was a home away from home. I genuinely looked forward to coming to work. Our clinic manager at the time was not only incredibly knowledgeable but also truly exceptional. That chapter was one of the best experiences I’ve had. We were a tight-knit team who supported one another, even across different departments.

Things shifted after we moved to the Victorville location, especially after the “restructuring “

In my opinion, the Hesperia clinic should’ve been left just the way it was—we were one big, beautifully dysfunctional yet highly functional family.

What I’ll miss the most are the amazing people I had the privilege to work closely with. 

Oh and things definitely change from one day to another, so don’t get too comfortable.

Management is horrible for the most part. There are a couple of good people, but those are the ones who only visit occasionally and oversee other operations; they are not there on a day-to-day basis. Horrible pay for what is expected, upward mobility is almost non-existent. I can say with confidence that no one there cares at all about the patients. Staff will gossip about patients' histories and laugh at them. RX doesn't get sent on time, and it's an endless game of, "I don't want to deal with this person, who can I transfer them to?" Morning huddles are a joke run by a guy who is severely out of touch with reality. Do not work here, unless you are one of the chunty chismosas that don't know how to do anything. Lack of a requirement for certification of medical assistants speaks volumes, and definitely shows.

Poor and sloppy management. Lots of gossip and "high school drama" horrible workplace culture. No support from management.  Medical assistants believe they are management, very unprofessional and contribute to office gossip.
Overall toxic environment. 
A typical day starts with a very busy flow of patients, that do not receive quality time with providers. Clinic is more into
billing insurance than providing quality patient care. It's difficult for Savas to retain nurses due to toxic environment. Now I know why they are always hiring nurses. Every other month they have care coordinator position available, please do not apply at Savas. Save yourself the bad experience,  please read reviews,  that was the mistake I made not to read company reviews 

Work day is often overbooked with little to no time to fully interact and develop a good rapport with patients.  Most patients are disrespectful and only interested in their medication refill.  Managerial staff frequently gaslight their staff with praise when a problem is addressed to avoid actually addressing the staff's concern.  

They do have a great holiday vacation plan but expect to double your workload for 4 weeks in order to get 10 days off during the Christmas Holiday.   

Expect to learn your job on your own.  Especially charting and appropriate medication administration.  Great support from drug reps and other procedural reps as it is their goal to get you to use their product. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Care coordinator 45 salaries reported	$26.01 per hour
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Merchandise flow team member 17 salaries reported	$23.35 per hour
Care concierge 16 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour

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