Patient Care Associate

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, Michigan is seeking a Nursing Assistant to support nurses with direct and indirect patient care, prepare rooms for occupancy after discharge, and assist with blood draws and EKGs. This full-time role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and patient privacy within a large healthcare system.

Essential duties include completing unit assignments, maintaining a safe environment, and reporting changes in patient status to the RN.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Nurse Assistant Certification Program or equivalent completed.
• BLS certification from American Heart Association or Red Cross required.

Responsibilities

• Completes unit assignments during scheduled time period.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and orderly patient care environment.
• Demonstrates competency and knowledge in nursing assistant skills.
• Demonstrates competency with equipment required for patient care.
• Responds to real or simulated emergencies according to procedure.
• Obtains current information and expands knowledge through learning experiences.
• Demonstrates organizational skills and prioritizes work.
• Communicates observations to the responsible RN and follows through.
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Respects patient privacy and confidentiality of information.
• Follows procedures for specimen collection and transport.
• Complies with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.
• May perform special procedures (blood draws, EKGs).
• Provides for age-specific needs: Adolescence 13-17, Adult 18-64, Geriatric 65+.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Nurse Assistant Certification Program or equivalent

BLS certification by AHA or Red Cross

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.

Assists nurses with direct and indirect patient care activities. Prepares patients rooms for occupancy after discharge. Additional responsibilities includes blood draws and EKG's.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Completes unit assignments during scheduled time period, meeting the criteria designated by the Nursing Manager/Resource Nurse.

2. Assists in maintaining a safe and orderly patient care environment, adhering to established policy.

3. Demonstrates competency and knowledge in performing specified nursing assistant skills.

4. Demonstrates competency in utilization of specified equipment required for patient care.

5. Responds to real or simulated emergency and disaster situations according to established procedure.

6. Assumes responsibility for obtaining current accurate information and expands knowledge base through utilization of appropriate learning experiences and attending mandatory yearly inservices.

7. Demonstrates organizational skills and appropriately prioritizes assigned work responsibilities.

8. Communicates effectively and reports relevant observations and changes in patient status to responsible registered nurse and follow through as directed.

9. Participates in performance improvement activities.

10. Respects patient’s rights by providing privacy and confidentiality of information.

11. Follows established policy/procedures for specimen collection, focusing on patient identification, appropriate and required collection, transportation and delivery of specimens.

12. Demonstrates compliance with Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals

13. May perform special procedures as required and directed (i.e., blood draws/EKGs).

14. Provides for the age specific needs of the population served according to department standards, as evidenced by observation, documentation, and peer feedback.

(x) Adolescence: 13-17 years

(x) Adult:18-64 years

(x) Geriatric: 65 years and older

15. Performs other related duties as required and directed.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of a Nurse Assistant Certification Program or equivalent
• BLS issued by American Heart Association or Red Cross Certification

Preferred:

• Minimum of six (6) months recent experience as a Nurse Assistant in an acute care setting preferred.
• Completion of phlebotomy course or equivalent experience preferred.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010323
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am-7:30pm
• 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.