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McLaren Health Care
Unit Assistant - Ortho Trauma (7E LAN)
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A Nursing Assistant provides hospital and nursing home patients with basic care and assists them with daily activities. Helps patients with dressing, washing, and feeding. May perform basic medical care under the direction of a nurse or other medical professional. These roles typically require completion of a regional agency-approved training program in order to obtain a certification before practicing.
$38,262 / year median in Michigan
-5% projected decline
Job Description
Unit Assistant - Ortho Trauma (7E LAN) 🔍 Michigan, Lansing New ▾ ▸ 1 additional location Michigan, Lansing 📁 Administrative/Clerical 💼 McLaren Greater Lansing 📅 26004597 Requisition # Apply for Job Share this Job Sign Up for
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Ortho Daily Work Times:
7a-7pShift :
Days Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours:
72Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
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.Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. 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. 2. Collects, records, and reports various patient/resident data. Reports changes in patient/resident condition. 3. Provides general clerical support to unit such as answering the phone, data entry, and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various information.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.
Preferred:
- Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.
- Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.