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McLaren Health Care

Unit Assistant - 7E Ortho

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

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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

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:

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.

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).

Preferred

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

Additional Locations: Michigan, Lansing

Requisition ID: 26000026

Daily Work Times: 7a-7p

Hours Per Pay Period: 72

On Call: No

Weekends: Yes

Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Administrative

Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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