Req #: 240934

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-MOUNTLAKE TERRACE - HEART INSTIT

Posting Date: 11/20/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $27.18 - $38.89 per hour

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, click here.

This recruitment offers a $5,000 Signing Bonus to eligible new employees joining UW Medicine UW Medical Center-Montlake - Heart Institute at Mountlake Terrace has an outstanding opportunity for a Medical Assistant - Certified (MA-C). WORK SCHEDULE

• Full-time, 100% FTE (40 hours per week)

• Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm for training, then 8:30-5:00pm

• Day Shift POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Conveniently located near public transportation

• Make a difference for the patients and employees we serve

• Opportunity to provide career growth DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The UW Medicine Heart Institute Mountlake Terrace is just off of Ballinger Way and offers comprehensive care for the full range of heart health and cardiac disease prevention needs. Patients receive consultation and medical care for coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, valve disease and hypertension (high blood pressure), as well as diagnostic services including ECG, echocardiography and stress testing, cardiac risk assessment and ongoing cardiac care. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Room patients, take vital signs, and reconcile records

• Perform injections

• Prepare and clean exam rooms

• Recognize symptoms of common medical illnesses and accurately report to provider

• Act as a liaison between patient, patient’s family and providers

• Assist provider with procedures and medical exams

• Perform point of care testing and report abnormal laboratory values

• Assist in transporting patients as required REQUIREMENTS

• 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 ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit’s light rail station across the street. Excellence. Exploration. Education. ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER 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.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.