Medical Assistant - Nursing Support Services

Providence St. Joseph Health
  • Lacey, WA
    3 days ago

    Job Description

    The Patient Care Coordination Medical Assistant serves as a key member of the ambulatory care team, supporting primary care patients through centralized management of incoming calls, electronic messages, and care coordination activities. This position is responsible for addressing patient inquiries within Medical Assistant scope of practice, facilitating timely communication between patients and care teams, and ensuring accurate documentation in the electronic health record (EHR). The role promotes exceptional patient experiences, continuity of care, and efficient workflow management while ensuring that clinical concerns requiring assessment or triage are appropriately escalated to licensed clinical staff.

    Providence caregivers are not simply valued - they're invaluable. Join our team at Providence Medical Group Southwest Washington 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:

    • Coursework/Training Graduate of an accredited school that includes hands on training in a clinical setting for medical assistants Or
    • Coursework/Training Graduate of a registered medical assistant apprenticeship program Or
    • Coursework/Training Has completed two years of medical training in the United States Armed Forces Or
    • Coursework/Training Minimum one year of work experience as a medical assistant that includes the following clinical skills: obtaining vital signs, administering injections, and medication administration
    • Upon hire: Washington Medical Assistant Certification
    • Within 30 days of hire: National Provider BLS - American Heart Association
    • 6 months Healthcare experience.
    • 6 months Medical Assistant experience.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Upon hire: National Medical Assistant Certification

    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 caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

    Accepting a new position at another facility that is part of the Providence family of organizations may change your current benefits. Changes in benefits, including paid time-off, happen for various reasons. These reasons can include changes of Legal Employer, FTE, Union, location, time-off plan policies, availability of health and welfare benefit plan offerings, and other various reasons.

    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.

    Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate''s placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts 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.

    Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationLacey, WA

    Skills

    • Ambulatory Careunmatched
    • Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Centralized Operations/Managementunmatched
    • Certified Medical Assistantunmatched
    • Clinical Assessmentunmatched
    • Clinical Competencyunmatched
    • Clinical Trainingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Community and Social Servicesunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Diversityunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Healthcareunmatched
    • Hospitalunmatched
    • Injectionsunmatched
    • Medical Assistanceunmatched
    • Medical Record Systemunmatched
    • Medication Administrationunmatched
    • Patient Careunmatched
    • Primary Careunmatched
    • Social Workunmatched
    • Teach Graduate Studentsunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched

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