Patient Admissions Coordinator

Providence Swedish Medical Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Providence Swedish Medical Center in Seattle is seeking a Part-time Patient Admissions Coordinator to help coordinate admissions across emergency, direct admits, surgical spaces, and transfers. You will partner with the Senior Admissions RN and work with multiple departments to gather documents and communicate admission information in line with policies.

You will play a key role in ensuring smooth patient placement, timely data collection, and clear communication with patients, families, and

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Healthcare related program or two years of equivalent healthcare experience accepted in lieu of degree.
• Two years of job related experience (including, but not limited to ED, critical care, call center, front office) in a healthcare setting
• Applicants without an Associate’s degree must have four years of job related experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate admissions through patient placement from all areas including emergency departments, direct admits, surgical spaces and transfers.
• Assist in collecting documents or information and communicates information relative to patients requiring admission in accordance with established department policies, procedures and workflows.
• Collaborate with the Senior Admissions RN and multiple departments, physicians, nursing staff, and other key stakeholders on a regular basis.

Education

Associate's Degree in Healthcare related program

Job description

Description

The Patient Admissions Coordinator works to coordinate admissions through patient placement. This includes admissions from all areas, including, but not excluding, emergency departments, direct admits, surgical spaces and transfers. They assist in collecting documents or information and communicates information relative to patients requiring admission in accordance with established department policies, procedures and workflows. This position will work in partnership with the Senior Admissions RN and in collaboration with multiple departments, physicians, nursing staff, and other key stakeholders on a regular basis.

Why Join Providence Swedish?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

About Providence

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

About the Team

Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard, Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle), Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and innovation or other outreach, we’re dedicated to improving the wellbeing of rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.

Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.

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Requisition ID: 461557
Company: Swedish Jobs
Job Category: Patient Access
Job Function: Revenue Cycle
Job Schedule: Part time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Admin Support
Department: 3900 SS COMMAND CENTER
Address: WA Seattle 747 Broadway
Work Location: Swedish First Hill 747 Broadway-Seattle
Workplace Type: On-site
Pay Range: $31.16 - $43.59
The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree in Healthcare related program Or Two years of equivalent work experience in a healthcare setting may be accepted in lieu of the degree requirement
• Two (2) years of job related experience (including, but not limited to ED, critical care, call center, front office) in a healthcare setting
• Applicants without an Associate’s degree must have four (4) years of job related experience