Unit Assistant - 7E Ortho

Apply for the Unit Assistant - 7E Ortho role at 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• Schedule:
  
  Full-time
• Additional Locations:
  Michigan, Lansing
• Requisition :
• Daily Work Times: 7a-7p
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call:
  No
• Weekends:
  Yes

Entry level

Full-time

Administrative

Hospitals and Health Care