Nurse Assistant

Mclaren-Health-Care; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Home Health Aide to provide direct personal and homemaking services in patients' homes under supervision.

You will perform bathing, grooming, vital signs, transfers, and light cooking/housekeeping, while reporting any changes to the RN. Opportunities may include telehealth support; daily schedules vary.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• State of Michigan CNA certification.
• Valid driver’s license and maintain auto insurance per policy.
• BLS certification within first week of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care including bathing, grooming and toileting.
• Take and record daily vital signs and report deviations.
• Assist with positioning, transfers, catheter care and ROM exercises.
• Light housekeeping and basic food preparation.

Skills

CNA skills

Patient care

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

State of Michigan CNA Certification

BLS certification

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Under direct supervision, provides personal and homemaking services to ill, convalescing, elderly, and disabled persons in the patients' home.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Provides personal care of a patient, including bathing, grooming/hygiene, and toileting.
2. Takes and records daily vital signs. Reports all vital signs that are outside the normal range.
3. Assists patients with positioning/turning, transfers, catheter care, and range of motion exercises.
4. Light housekeeping and food preparation.
5. Recognizes and reports any unusual, untoward, or new symptoms/changes to the RN.
6. May perform functions to support the telehealth program (uninstalls, equipment cleaning and maintenance, installations/setups).
7. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• State of Michigan CNA Certification.
• Valid driver’s license, proof of valid auto insurance, and maintain a driving record in accordance with McLaren’s corporate driving policy and eligibility guidelines.
• BLS certification required within first week of hire.

Preferred:

• Six months of experience with a variety of patients.

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Additional Information

• Daily Work Times: Varies
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.