Senior Medical Assistant - Thoracic Surgery

Providence Health & Services; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Patient Service Coordinator II MA-C, where you'll play a vital role in coordinating patient care services. This position offers the opportunity to thrive in a supportive environment focused on whole-person care. You'll be responsible for scheduling appointments, managing patient records, and ensuring seamless communication between patients and healthcare providers. With a commitment to inclusivity and diversity, this organization values every team member's contributions. Enjoy comprehensive benefits and a chance to make a real difference in the community's health and wellbeing.

Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching

Health care benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Paid parental leave

Disability insurance

Time off benefits

Voluntary benefits

Well-being resources

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Schedule new patients and follow-up appointments.
• Acquire insurance verifications and prepare medical records.

Skills

Medical Assistant Certification

Insurance Verifications

BLS Certification

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.

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.

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.

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.

Requsition 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

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.