
Associate Medical Assistant and Medical Assistant - Primary Care - Downtown Seattle
Providence
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- Pay
- $24 to $40
- an hour
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 21
- 1 day ago
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About the company

Providence
Hospitals and Health Care · 2 to 10 employees
What you'll do
- The medical assistant works under the delegation of a licensed practitioner to perform administrative and clinical duties.
- Responsibilities include providing basic patient care, obtaining vital signs, and administering medications.
What you need
- Candidates must be graduates of an accredited medical assistant program or apprenticeship and hold a Washington Medical Assistant Certification.
- Applicants are also required to obtain National Provider BLS certification within 30 days of hire.
- Education: a professional certificate
Key skills
Vital signsInjectionsMedication administrationClinical documentationPatient careElectronic health recordCustomer serviceMedical assisting
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Perks
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement 401(k) savings plan
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Vacation time
- Holiday pay
- Well-being resources
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Read the full posting here
This is a combined posting for an Associate Medical Assistant and Medical
Assistant. The requirements of each role are listed below under each associated
title. Consideration for each role will be based on qualifications. If you have
the qualifications of any one of these three positions, we encourage you to
apply.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team
at Swedish Health Services DBA Swedish Medical Group 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.
The MA I works unders the delegation of a licensed practioner to perform duties
as directed to assist in providing basic patient care to assigned patients.
Basic patient care needs will be met though both administrative and clinical
duties. An MA I is expected to perform in accordance with established policies,
procedures, and regulations.
The MA II works under the delegation of a licensed practitioner to perform
duties as directed to assist in providing patient care to assigned patients. A
MA II performs all aspects of the MA I role and is fully competent in the
clinical needs/functions for assigned clinic/location of work. An MA II is
expected to perform in accordance with established policies, procedures, and
regulations.
Associate Medical Assistant:
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
* 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
* Medical assisting experience in a clinic setting (0-6 months)
Preferred Qualifications:
* 6 months prior experience providing a high level of customer service in a
fast paced environment.
* 6 months previous experience in a healthcare setting working with an
Electronic Health record (EHR).
Associate Medical Assistant, Salary Range: Seattle (Seattle, WA) Min: $24.27
Max: $36.37
Medical Assistant:
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
* 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.
* Washington Medical Assistant Certification upon hire
* National Provider BLS - American Heart Association within 30 days of hire.
* 6 months of Healthcare experience
* 6 months of Medical Assistant experience
Preferred qualifications:
* National Medical Assistant Certification upon hire
Medical Assistant, Salary Range: Seattle (Seattle, WA) Min: $26.47 Max: $40.49
Why Join Providence Swedish?
Our best-in-class benefits
[https://swedish.jobs/why-swedish/#benefits-rewards] 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 [https://swedish.jobs/why-swedish/#mission-values] of
improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.
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
[https://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
[https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images.provhealth.org/HR-onboarding/LA_County_Fair_Chance_Ordinance_2024.pdf].
Providence Swedish is the largest not-for-profit health care system in the
greater Puget Sound area. It is comprised of eight hospital campuses (Ballard,
Edmonds, Everett, Centralia, Cherry Hill (Seattle), First Hill (Seattle),
Issaquah and Olympia); emergency rooms and specialty centers in Redmond (East
King County) and the Mill Creek area in Everett; and Providence Swedish Medical
Group, a network of 190+ primary care and specialty care locations throughout
the Puget Sound. Whether through physician clinics, education, research and
innovation or other outreach, we’re dedicated to improving the wellbeing of
rural and urban communities by expanding access to quality health care for all.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer
[https://www.providenceiscalling.jobs/eeo/]. We are committed to the principle
that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free
from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race,
color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed,
national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital
status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or
federal law. We believe diversity [https://providence.jobs/diversity/] makes us
stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from
each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
For any concerns with this posting relating to the posting requirements in RCW
49.58.110(1), please click here [https://providence.jobs/eeo/] where you can
access an email link to submit your concern.