Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Req #: 245163

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER- NORTHWEST- GAMMA KNIFE

Posting Date: 04/10/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 04/17/2025

Salary: $27.15 - $39.48 per hour

Limited Recruitment: Open to UW Employees only

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As an employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-classified-staff-20210208.pdf)

UW Medical Center-Northwest - Gamma Knife Center has an outstanding opportunity for a Patient Care Coordinator .

WORK SCHEDULE

• Full time /100% FTE

• Day shifts DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The Gamma Knife Center , opening at the UW Medical Center-Northwest campus in July 2025, is dedicated to making comprehensive, compassionate outpatient brain disease treatment as comfortable as possible. Gamma Knife radiosurgery is a noninvasive or minimally invasive outpatient treatment and is an option for patients with conditions that would typically require brain surgery or whole-brain radiation. It is used to treat blood vessel problems, such as arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and brain tumors, including acoustic neuromas, meningioma, pituitary tumors, cancers that originate in the brain and cancerous lesions that have metastasized from distant areas of the body. PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as primary liaison for UWMC/UW Medicine and represents departmental physicians with the hospital, patient and family, referring physicians, outside agencies, staff from outside hospitals and general public by providing information and advice regarding UWMC hospital services

• Triage medical information to Surgical Specialties Center, direct patients to appropriate services

• Perform all functions of PCC, including reviewing and updating registration data, contacting insurance companies and review organizations

• Provides clinic charges to current and prospective patients. Develop cash collection system for patient deposits and management of self-pay patients

• Facilitate patient admission and post-discharge follow-up, acting as resource across the continuum. Assures complete records available for appointments, including medical records management, fax records management, preparation of satellite medical record and records request QUALIFICATIONS High school graduation or equivalent AND two years of experience in the program specialty OR equivalent education/experience ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital 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 six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion. Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-northwest) 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.

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