Medical Assistant - Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Tacoma, Washington time type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR67244
** About Pulse Heart Institute
** Multi Care’s Pulse Heart Institute is a physician led institute with multi-specialty partnership with Cardiothoracic surgery, vascular and cardiovascular service lines. Our team and state-of-the-art programs create a world-class health care organization and the destination center for cardiac, thoracic, and vascular care with complex structural heart disease and interventions, advanced heart failure service as well as advanced imaging with cutting edge technologies.
** FTE:
Per Diem
** 0.01,
** Shift: Days
** 8 hours,
*
* Schedule:

** Mon-Fri

Location:

Tacoma
** 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:
*** Washington State Medical Assistant-Certified (MA-C)
* Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a healthcare setting preferred
* Current BLS cerification
* ** Belonging:
** We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
* ** Mission-driven:
** Together, give people their best life. Pulse Heart Institute makes the complex world of cardiovascular care simple for our patients
* ** Award-winning:
** Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for several years running. Across the state of Washington, Multi Care hospitals with Pulse units were the facilities to achieve this award in 2024
* ** Employee-centric:
** Multi Care is consistently ranked among “America’s Best Employers by State” by Forbes
* ** 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 .Multi Care is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. Multi Care has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho.

Multi Care’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network;
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