Unit Assistant - General Surgery; 8E LAN

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.

8 E General Surgery

7p-7a

Nights

48

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

• 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.

• 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 or
• long term care nursing assistant course or
• completion of an emergency medical technician program or
• completion of medical assistant program or
• 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).

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

• Schedule:
  
  Part-time
• Additional Locations:
  Michigan, Lansing
• Requisition :
• Daily Work Times: 7p-7a
• Hours Per Pay Period: 48
• On Call:
  No
• Weekends:
  Yes