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McLaren Health Care

Unit Assistant - 5E Intensive Care Unit

McLaren Health Care, Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48900

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Unit Assistant - 5E Intensive Care Unit McLaren Health Care

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.

Responsibilities

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.

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

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

Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations.

Schedules procedures with other departments.

Required Qualifications

High school graduate or equivalent.

Successful completion of a health unit coordinator course or, high school or college coursework in medical terminology and computer/data entry.

Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above has not been met.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).

Additional Education Requirements (if no prior nursing assistant experience)

Acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions.

Long term care nursing assistant course.

Completion of an emergency medical technician program.

Completion of medical assistant program.

Completion of a clinical rotation while participating in accredited nursing program.

Preferred Qualifications

Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.

Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Additional Information

Schedule: Full-time

Location: Michigan, Lansing

Requisition ID: 26000064

Daily Work Times: 7a-7p

Hours Per Pay Period: 72

On Call: No

Weekends: Yes

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