Unit Assistant - 8E General Surgery

Unit Assistant - 8E General Surgery 🔍 Michigan, Lansing ▾ ▸ 1 additional location Michigan, Lansing 📁 Administrative/Clerical 💼 McLaren Greater Lansing 📅    26000559 Requisition # Apply for Job Share this Job Sign Up for

Job Alerts Department:

8

E General Surgery Daily Work Times:

7a-7:30p

Shift :

Days Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours:

72

Benefits:

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

Position Summary:

Under the direct supervision of a Nurse, contributes to the delivery of patient-centered care through: Performance of selected day-to-day patient care activities. Maintenance of an environment that is functionally and aesthetically conducive to patient well-being. Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies. Interacts with patients considering their developmental, age-specific, and cultural spiritual preferences.

Responsibilities:

Performs specific patient care interventions as delegated by the RN in effort to identify/attain treatment goals. Delivers compassionate support, attention, and assistance to patients and families. Provides physical support for patients with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, showering, feeding, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing or exercising. Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA. Maintains safe and clean working environment and protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols. 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. Performs other related job duties as requested.

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: o acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or o long term care nursing assistant course or o completion of an emergency medical technician program or o completion of medical assistant program or o 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:

26000559

Daily Work Times:

7a-7p

Hours Per Pay Period:

72

On Call:

No Weekends:

Yes