Medical Assistant - Clinical Operations

MultiCare Health System; Covington (WA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community-based health system as a Medical Assistant in Covington, WA. In this role, you will work as part of a dedicated healthcare team, providing essential patient care and administrative support to enhance the patient experience in a dynamic clinical environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited program for Medical Assistants.
• Washington State Medical Assistant-Certified (MA-C) required.
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Organizing patient flow and interviewing patients.
• Obtaining vital signs and preparing patients for exams.
• Performing specimen collection and administering medications.

Skills

Patient Communication

Clinical Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Accredited Medical Assistant Program

Washington State Medical Assistant-Certified

Job description

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Medical Assistant - Clinical Operations

Apply locations Covington, Washington time type Full time posted on Posted Today job requisition id JR52202

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0 Shift: DAY Schedule: M-F

Position Summary

The Certified Medical Assistant (MA-C) is an integral part of the Physician/Advanced Practice Provider (APP) office team working under the direction and supervision of a licensed healthcare practitioner. Work situations require performance of safe clinical skills within the scope of practice of the MA-C. The MA-C has continuous contact with physicians, APPs, nurses, front office staff, patients and their families/caregivers.

Responsibilities:

• Fulfills patient care responsibilities as assigned which may include:
  • Organizing patient flow in collaboration with the front office staff
  • Interviewing patients
  • Obtaining vital signs
  • Assisting patients in preparing for exams or treatments
  • Performing specimen collection, including venipuncture
  • Administration of medications in compliance with Washington State Department of Health regulations and documented competency
  • Relaying instructions/information to patients and their families/caregivers
• Fulfills clerical responsibilities as assigned which may include:
  • Sending and receiving of patient medical records
  • Facilitating patient referrals
  • Preparing forms for patients

Requirements:

• Completion of an accredited program for Medical Assistants
• Washington State Medical Assistant-Certified (MA-C)
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a healthcare setting preferred

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration , Kindness and Joy . Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $24.58 - $35.36 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.

Associated benefit information can be viewed here .

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MultiCare’s Covington Medical Center first opened in 1993 and has expanded along with the fast-growing community of Covington into a 4-story, 58-bed hospital. Today the campus exists as a multi-function neighborhood hub, offering hospital care, inpatient and outpatient surgical services, a spacious birth center, primary, specialty, urgent care and emergency services, along with supportive services of pharmacy, lab and imaging. Our team and programs form the regional medical hub for southeast King Country and provides the best in patient care.

About the Covington Community

Covington is a city in King County, WA, approximately 40 minutes from Seattle, with easy accessibility to Kent, Auburn, and Maple Valley. The Covington park system features over 151 acres of property for hiking, sports, waterway play and picnicking. The city also maintains a year-round aquatic center for family fun and fitness year-round.

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