Human Resources Department

Feel a sense of pride and fulfillment every day! Are you seeking a challenging, yet rewarding and gratifying career that's more than just a job? The County of San Mateo invites you to begin a career in which your commitment and outstanding contributions will add significant value to public safety every day. 

• Job Description: Communications Dispatcher I

What makes us the best? Our center dispatches for police, fire and medical and includes a progressive in-house training program, team-based shifts from a dispatcher-developed schedule, fire "incident dispatch" and law enforcement "tactical dispatch" programs as well as many other career development opportunities and programs.   In the summer of 2019, Public Safety Communications will move into a newly constructed building containing a 911 Dispatch Center, Office of Emergency Services and the County's Emergency Operation Center.  The new state of the art dispatch center will also include a brand a new Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.

• Job Description: Communications Dispatcher II

Under general direction, provide professional adult psychiatric diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients in health care facilities and other settings located throughout San Mateo County.

• Job Description: Adult Psychiatrist

The County of San Mateo Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) seeks Board eligible or Board certified psychiatrists to join our team of Adult Psychiatrists. As a national leader in trauma-informed community mental health services, with a core commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion as guiding principles by which we continuously evaluate and develop our system of care, with a significant, long-standing institutional dedication of both staff and resources to realizing these core goals for our clients, their families, and our BHRS staff. BHRS offers the opportunity to practice state-of-the-art psychiatry without third party intrusions, the ability to work with a diverse client group with severe mental illness, the chance to participate in a team model. BHRS uses evidence-based treatment approaches in our system of care services, while seeking continuing improvement and development in the areas of cultural competence, integrated services for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use problems, and supportive housing. Our achievements reflect the work of dedicated staff as well as the valuable input of mental health system partners--criminal justice and human services agencies, private providers and contract agencies, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Commission members, families, and consumers. The County of San Mateo supports an award-winning Psychiatric Residency Training Program and staff psychiatrists are invited to join the faculty and participate in training residents if interested.
 

• Job Description: Adult Psychiatrist

Under general supervision, work in collaboration with other members of the health care team to provide, enhance or improve health care delivery to a specific patient population by evaluating nursing practices, developing methodologies and implementing standards of care, providing consultative services and by assessing and addressing patient and staff educational needs, in one or more clinical specialty areas.

• Job Description: Clinical Nurse

San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) seeks board eligible or board certified psychiatrists to serve as a staff Child Psychiatrist for the San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services division. The position, providing professional child psychiatric diagnostic and therapeutic services to clients in various divisions of San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, is full time, and currently open for hire. Service sites will include an integrated behavioral health team within a pediatric clinic, outpatient behavioral health clinics, and a juvenile justice facility. The specifics of the treatment sites where services will be delivered will be determined in collaboration with the successful candidate, the Supervising Child Psychiatrist, and the BHRS Medical Director.

• Job Description: Child Psychiatrist

Under general supervision, Children's Services Social Workers provide a wide variety of child and family welfare services in such areas as information and referral, case management, protective services, court services, education and employment coordination for children, preventative services, health and mental health coordination and services, and other welfare services within the Human Services Agency.

• Job Descriptions: 

  • Children’s Services Social Worker I

  • Children’s Services Social Worker II

  • Children’s Services Social Worker III

This classification is the full supervisor level of the series. It is distinguished from the Social Work Supervisor classification for having responsibility for children and family welfare service units and cases.

• Job Description: Children's Services Social Work Supervisor - E

Under general supervision, perform various qualitative and quantitative laboratory examinations on clinical specimens in order to provide data used in the diagnosis and therapeutic management of diseases.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist I is the journey level class in the medical technologist series with incumbents performing routine and specialized laboratory tests.  This class is flexibly staffed with Clinical Laboratory Scientist II and incumbents are expected to advance to the higher level after gaining experience and demonstrating the required proficiency.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist II is the advanced journey level class in the medical technologist series with incumbents independently performing a variety of complex and specialized laboratory tests.

• Job Description: 
  • Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
  • Clinical Laboratory Scientist II 

Deputy Sheriff Trainee is the entry-level class of the Deputy Sheriff series. Initially under close supervision, incumbents receive Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy and/or field officer training in order to acquire a POST Basic Certificate. Incumbents perform a wide variety of peace officer tasks under close and direct supervision of experienced officers and are required to promote to the journey-level Deputy Sheriff classification after acquiring the education and experience required of the State of California POST Basic Certificate. At the higher journey level, Deputies investigate crimes; patrol assigned areas; receive, supervise and transport inmates; act as bailiff or civil deputy; and perform all related duties in law enforcement and crime prevention as may be assigned under general supervision.

• Job Description: Deputy Sheriff Trainee

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office employs over six hundred sworn and civilian employees. Deputy Sheriffs investigate crimes; patrol assigned areas; receive, supervise and transport inmates; act as bailiff or civil deputy; and perform all related duties in law enforcement and crime prevention as may be assigned under general supervision.

• Job Description: Deputy Sheriff

Under direction, provide professional psychodiagnostic, psychotherapeutic, consultant and training and research work in a comprehensive community mental health program; and serve as a team leader within regional or program sub-units.

• Job Description: Psychologist II

Current residents of an accredited Pediatric, Family Practice or Internal Medicine Residency Program may apply prior to graduating from the program. Several San Mateo Medical Center clinics are accredited as National Health Services Corps sites and benefit from scholarships and loan repayment programs through this network. Board Certification or eligibility and enrollment as a provider of Medi-Cal/Medicare are preferred.

• Job Description: Staff Physician

Psychiatric Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists: Under general supervision, provide specialized psychiatric casework counseling and therapy services to either children and adolescents or seriously mentally ill adults in community, correctional, or inpatient settings; provide individual and group therapeutic counseling and case management services to clients having basic and/or severe emotional, family, and/or social adjustment problems; supervise graduate interns.  

• Job Description:
  • Psychiatric Social Worker I
  • Psychiatric Social Worker II 
  • Marriage & Family Therapist I
  • Marriage & Family Therapist II 

Under direction, provide professional psychodiagnostic, psychotherapeutic, consultant and training and research work in a comprehensive community mental health program; and serve as a team leader within regional or program sub-units.

• Job Description: Psychologist II - Correctional Health Services (Open)

The Senior Communicable Disease Control PHN is responsible for the daily supervision and operational functioning of the San Mateo County Communicable Disease Control Program, under the direction and authority of the Communicable Disease Control Officer and Clinical Services Manager II-Nursing. The mission of the Communicable Disease Control Program is to protect and promote the health of all San Mateo County residents through surveillance, investigation, prevention and control of communicable diseases of public health significance, excluding tuberculosis and STIs.

• Job Description: Senior Public Health Nurse-Communicable Disease Program

Social Workers provide a wide variety of welfare services in such areas as information and referral, protective services for children and adults, out-of-home services, childcare services, health related services, family planning, homemaker, chore services, employment services, and other welfare services within the Departments of Human Services and Health Services.

• Job Description: 
  • Social Worker I 
  • Social Worker II
  • Social Worker III 

Under the direction of a Supervising Stationary Engineer, Stationary Engineers are responsible for a  wide variety of repair and maintenance work in the areas of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, emergency power systems, water treatment systems, boiler  equipment, and piping repair, building automation  systems, and miscellaneous equipment repair. 

Stationary Engineer II is a journey level classification, and incumbents are expected to  have proficiency, perform independently, and solve  complex problems in all of the areas listed above.

• Job Description: Stationary Engineer II

Supervising Adult Psychiatrist is the full supervisory level in the adult psychiatry series and provides clinical direction and supervision to program or departmental staff including other licensed physicians. It is distinguished from Medical Program Manager which participates in the overall management of division and inter-division issues, and administration of a large complex medical component or multiple complex components of medical or psychiatric programs.

• Job Description: Supervising Adult Psychiatrist

Adult, pediatric, podiatry and dental teams at Daly City Clinic work together to provide compassionate and complete care to this community. Onsite Behavioral health, social work and pharmacist support as well as strong RN presence create a team-based approach serving almost seven thousand patients.  The Supervising Physician works in concert with manager and nursing leadership to lead local quality improvement work and program development in addition to direct on-site clinical work and supervision of the provider team.

• Job Description: Supervising Physician - San Mateo Medical Center (Open & Promotional)