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McLaren Health Care Unit Assistant - General Surgery (8E) - McLaren Careers in Lansing, Michigan

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:

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acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or

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long term care nursing assistant course or

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completion of an emergency medical technician program or

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completion of medical assistant program or

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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.

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