Certified Medical Assistant Day Shifts

Job Summary:

The Certified Medical Assistant is responsible for providing support to technologists and other clinical site staff as needed and displays a high level of customer service skills, multi-tasking skills, and is a strong team player. The Medical Assistant (MA) demonstrates significant familiarity with standard concepts, practices and procedures within an imaging center including but not limited to interviewing patients, measuring and recording information in patient charts, and preparing and maintaining examination and treatment areas.

This position relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job as established by practice medical and administrative leadership. The MA works under immediate supervision and assumes other responsibilities as assigned by the Site Operations Supervisor and other clinical leadership.

Pay: $22.70 – $36.59 per hour based on relevant experience, skills, and abilities.

• Generous PTO:
  Up to 17 days/year for new employees + 9 holidays + rollover
• 401(k): 3% automatic employer contribution + 3% match
• Annual pay increases
• Full benefits:
  Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, mental wellness
• For more detailed benefits synopsis

• Float (1.0 FTE):
  Monday-Friday, Variable shifts and locations
• Puyallup 222 – Saturday and Sunday: 6:15AM – 7:15PM
• Per Diem

TRA Medical Imaging is a premier, physician‑owned and physician‑led radiology practice with a 100+ year history of serving the communities of the South Puget Sound region. Centered in Tacoma, WA, TRA has a geographic presence extending from Seattle to Olympia. TRA takes pride in diversity and inclusion, a philosophy that aligns well with our Pacific Northwest values. We are led by a progressive group of approximately 100 sub‑specialized radiologists who take pride in delivering high‑quality, patient‑centered care while fostering a practice culture intended to feel more like a family than a corporation.

Why Choose TRA Medical Imaging

TRA is an independent, stable, and diversified practice with a broad clinical and geographic footprint. Our governance structure is transparent, democratic and equitable with an unwavering commitment to physician leadership and autonomy. As part of that promise, TRA welcomes employee participation and collaboration and is committed to providing personalized professional development opportunities. Our commitment to culture is evidenced by our certification as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work and embodied by our mission statement:
Trust our family to care for yours. TRA has been the respected provider of excellence in medical imaging in the South Sound since 1918. Join our team as we write the next 100 years of the TRA story.

Want to learn more about TRA’s commitment to patients, employees and our community? Visit and explore your future with us today!

• Undergo Peripheral IV Access and De‑Access competency training and skills sign‑off
• Check work email daily.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.
• Handle routine office administrative procedures including word processing, sorting and reviewing referrals, faxing and keeping workstations/patient areas clean and organized.
• Have general knowledge or radiology procedures including: X‑Ray, Bone Densitometry, CT, Mammography, MRI, PET/CT, and Interventional Radiology.

• Prepare patient for examination using AIDET, including properly identifying patients, escorting patients through the clinic, explain gowning and patient safety measures.
• Telephone and in‑person screening, limited to intake and gathering of information without requiring exercise of judgment.
• Assist patient in the exam room, including patients with mobility limitations
• Take patient vital signs
• Obtain a history from the patient pertinent to the exam being done
• Provides patients with after exam instructions and expectations
• Complete modality safety screening form with the patient
• Start IVs using established procedures
• When necessary, obtain labs…