McLaren Health Care

Unit Assistant

McLaren Health Care

  • Date Posted

    Today

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  • Remote Work Level

    No Remote

  • Location

    Lansing, MI

  • Job Schedule

    Alternative Schedule, Full-Time, Part-Time

  • Salary

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  • Benefits

    Unlimited or Flexible PTO Health Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Retirement Savings

  • Categories

    AdministrativeData EntryHealthcareNursing

  • Job Type

    Employee

  • Career Level

    Entry-Level

  • Travel Required

    No specification

  • Education Level

    Bachelor's/Undergraduate Degree, Professional Certification

About the Role

Title: Unit Assistant - 9 West Secure Unit

Location: Michigan United States

Job Description:

Department: 9 W Secure Unit

Daily Work Times: 7p-7a

Shift: Nights

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 48

Benefits:

  • 403(b)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient/resident care following patient care plan and hospital policies and procedures.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

  1. Provides routine patient/resident care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance, prescribed bowel and bladder program assistance, etc.

  2. Collects, records, and reports various patient/resident data. Reports changes in patient/resident condition.

  3. Provides general clerical support to unit such as answering the phone, data entry, and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various information.

Required:

  • High school graduate or equivalent.
  • Successful completion of a health unit coordinator course or, high school or college course work in medical terminology and computer/data entry.
  • Specialized education requirements, for those not meeting minimum six-month nursing assistance experience requirement, include:

o acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or

o long term care nursing assistant course or

o completion of an emergency medical technician program or

o completion of medical assistant program or

o completion of a clinical rotation while participating in accredited nursing program.

  • Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above has not been met.
  • BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).

Preferred:

  • Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.
  • Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.

Additional Information

  • Schedule: Part-time
  • Additional Locations: Michigan, Lansing
  • Requisition ID: 26001509
  • Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
  • Hours Per Pay Period: 48
  • On Call: Yes
  • Weekends: Yes
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