Staffing Office Assistant - MultiCare Health System : Job Details

You Belong Here.

At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 0.9, Shift: Day, Schedule: 7:30am-7:30pm, rotating weekends

Position Summary

Coordinates, prioritizes and optimizes patient flow activities throughout Yakima Valley Memorial; Coordinates and facilitates patients' entry into an inpatient setting from other health care facilities.

Responsible for timecard edits through the timekeeper tool. Assists with data entry and report retrieval.

Assists the House Supervisors with daily tasks involving bed placement, staffing and patient throughput.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

* Facilitates transfers into the organization from other facilities, direct admits and planned admissions.

* Connects physicians for consults with said transfer requests, collects and enters data for transfers. Using the bed tracking system, facilitates placement of patients in conjunction with the House Supervisor, Shift Coordinators and all other applicable staff and units.

* Have a strong knowledge of unit skill sets, expertise and levels of care to place patients safely and efficiently to enhance patient throughput and patient satisfaction. Generates the daily communicator staffing sheets from nursing units.

* Manages and updates the daily call list used throughout the organization.

* Generates several reports and distributes among appropriate personnel.

* Assists House Supervisor with phone calls, faxes, inquiries to surrounding hospitals for census and bed capacity information, assists with other miscellaneous tasks.

* Assists with employee Timekeeper edits and corrections.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Education: High School diploma or GED equivalent required. Associates degree in medical office or related field preferred.

Experience Two years of medical office experience required. Medical terminology course or experience preferred.

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

* Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers

* Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve

* Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system

* Employee-centric: Named Forbes America's Best Employers by State in 2023

* Technology: Most Wired ?health care?system 15 years in a row

* Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities

* 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 $17.87 - $25.72 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 here.