Senior Patient Services Specialist - Patient Access

Job Title

Patient Access Coordinator

This position is responsible and accountable for the coordination of patient care as patients arrive from a referring medical office through scheduling and registering for their services at the Issaquah Highlands facility. This position performs a variety of front office clerical and pre-business services within the hospital setting. Primary responsibilities include patient registration, patient scheduling activities, acquiring insurance verifications and physician orders, referrals, and triaging phone calls, exceptional customer service, excellent communication and problem solving skills around patient care matters are vital.

This position acts as a professional liaison with patients, families, other departments and clinics. This position also acts as an informational resource regarding services available at Swedish Medical Center. This individual must demonstrate critical thinking skills, be able to work independently, and perform responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner. This individual will partner in the orientation and training of new staff.

These tasks are often carried out simultaneously with frequent interruption. In addition, this job may include other special project assignments as directed. All duties accomplished with an exceptional customer service approach (AIDET) to optimize the patient and family experience at Swedish Medical Center.

Providence Swedish caregivers are not simply valued – they're invaluable. Join our team at Swedish Issaquah 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.

• 1 year of recent receptionist or front desk experience in a health care field
• Experience with medical terminology and basic medical record processes

• Associate's Degree or equivalent from a college or technical school
• Medical Terminology Certification upon hire
• Medical insurance & billing experience
• Experience with computerized scheduling or relational databases

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 improving the health and wellbeing of each patient we serve.

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.

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…