Senior Medical Assistant - Thoracic Surgery

Providence Swedish Medical Center; Seattle (WA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health care organization as a Patient Service Coordinator II MA-C, where you will play a vital role in supporting patient care services. This position involves a variety of clerical duties, including scheduling appointments, verifying insurance, and maintaining medical records. You'll thrive in a culture that values your contributions and empowers you to make a difference in patients' lives. This role is perfect for those who are passionate about patient care and want to be part of a team that prioritizes whole-person care and mutual respect. Embrace the opportunity to grow professionally while making a significant impact in the health care community.

Benefits

Best-in-class benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Graduate of a certified medical assistant program with certification upon hire.
• 1 year of medical assistant experience in a healthcare setting required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple patient care services and manage scheduling.
• Prepare and maintain patient medical records and reconcile billing issues.

Skills

Medical Assistant Certification

BLS Certification

Insurance Verifications

Patient Scheduling

Clerical Duties

Education

Certified Medical Assistant Program

Associate's Degree in Health Care

Tools

Epic

Job description

Description

The Patient Service Coordinator II MA-C provides support and clinic coordination of multiple patient care services, exercising independence in the planning and accomplishment of a wide spectrum of clerical duties. Responsibilities include: scheduling of new patients, follow-up clinic appointments, subsequent treatments, and requested diagnostic tests, acquiring of insurance verifications, referrals and authorizations, preparing and maintaining the patient's medical record, reconciling billing issues, answering multiple phone lines and triaging phone calls.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Swedish First Hill and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required qualifications:

• Graduate of certified medical assistant program.
• Upon hire: Washington Medical Assistant Certification.
• Upon hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association.
• 1 year of Medical assistant experience in a healthcare setting required (i.e. physician’s office, scheduler, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

• Associate's Degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school with emphasis in Health Care.
• Experienced in obtaining insurance verifications, referrals and authorizations.
• Experience with Epic.

Why Join Providence?

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.

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.

Requisition ID: 344884
Company: Swedish Jobs
Job Category: Patient Care (Non-Acute)
Job Function: Clinical Care
Job Schedule: Full time
Job Shift: Day
Career Track: Clinical Support
Department: 3901 SFH THORACIC SURGERY CLINIC
Address: WA Seattle 1101 Madison
Work Location: Swedish First Hill 1101 Madison-Seattle
Workplace Type: On-site
Pay Range: $28.42 - $42.75