Nurse Assistant I - 8E General Surgery

Selectminds; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan seeks a Nursing Assistant in the General Surgery department. The role supports nursing staff under supervision, delivering patient care per care plans, with shifts from 7a–7p and a 70-hour bi-weekly schedule.

Under supervision of a registered nurse, you contribute to patient care activities and documentation. Requirements include a high school graduate or equivalent, with preferred direct patient care experience.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Specialized education requirements include acute care nursing assistant, long term care nursing assistant, EMT, medical assistant programs, or clinical rotation during an accredited nursing program.
• Direct patient care experience preferred; at least six months required if specialized education not met.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient care such as call light response, ambulating, transferring, positioning, personal hygiene assistance, and bowel/bladder program support.
• Collects, records, and reports patient data; notifies changes in patient condition.
• Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks on glucose instruments.

Skills

Direct patient care experience

Nursing assistant experience

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Acute care nursing assistant course

Long term care nursing assistant course

Emergency medical technician program

Medical assistant program

Clinical rotation in accredited nursing program

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, 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 center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Department: General Surgery

Daily Work Times: 7a-7p

Shift: Days

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 70

Position Summary: Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following patient care plan and hospital policies and procedures

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient 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 data. Reports changes in patient condition.
• Performs surgical skin preps, basic skin care procedures, bedside finger stick blood sugars, and quality control checks of blood glucose instruments.

Required

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• 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
  • long term care nursing assistant course
  • completion of an emergency medical technician program
  • completion of medical assistant program
  • completion of a clinical rotation while participating an accredited nursing program.
• Direct patient care experience preferred. Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months is required when the specialized education requirements identified above has not been met

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.