MA​/Medical Assistant - Eye Institute

Job Description

This recruitment offers a $5,000 Signing Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine.

Medical Assistant - Certified (MA-C).

• Full‑time, 100% FTE (40 hours per week)
• Monday - Friday
• Day Shift
• 2 positions are available—one located at Harborview Medical Center and the other at South Lake Union

Located two blocks from the main medical center in Harborview's Ninth & Jefferson Building on First Hill in Seattle, the UW Medicine Eye Institute offers cutting‑edge medical and surgical eye care for common to complex conditions and disorders.

Our staff provides comprehensive treatment for people with glaucoma, cataracts, diseases of the retina, cornea, orbit and nerves, and age‑related eye diseases. We also perform refractive procedures such as LASIK and oculofacial plastic surgery procedures.

At the Karalis Johnson Retina Center, we not only provide the most advanced treatments for patients with retinal conditions, but we are also using research to move our care forward. Research scientists and doctors work side by side at this new center, making it one of only three centers in the country where patients can benefit from the combination of clinical care and the latest retinal research and discoveries in a single environment.

• Conveniently located near public transportation
• Learn a unique area of medicine and receive specialized training in Ophthalmology
• Make a difference for the patients and employees we serve
• Opportunity to provide career growth

• Room patients, take vital signs, and reconcile records
• Perform injections
• Prepare and clean exam rooms
• Submit medication prior authorizations
• Prepare patients for and assist Physicians with intraocular injections and laser procedures
• Act as a liaison between patient, patient’s family and providers
• Perform procedures such as Visual Field tests and glucose monitoring
• Schedule new and return appointments; use computer system to check patients in and out of clinics; assist with medication refill requests, appointments and requests for eye glass prescriptions
• Assist in transporting patients as required

• Completion of a Medical Assistant course accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) or Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) or other recognized regional or national accreditation board OR equivalent
• Must be Washington State Medical Assistant‑Certified or achieve this designation within 6 months of hire. Failure to achieve and/or maintain this designation will result in termination of employment
• Valid American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider CPR card

As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading‑edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top‑rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

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