Surgery Unit Assistant – Day Shift & Patient Care

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator to support nursing staff and assist in patient care per care plans and hospital policies. The role involves day shifts in a full-time schedule with varied daily hours.

Your responsibilities include routine patient care tasks, data collection and reporting, and clerical duties such as phone handling and data entry. Prior healthcare clerical experience is valued.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Health unit coordinator course or medical terminology/data entry coursework.
• Specialized education options include CNA/EMT/clinical rotation.
• Nursing assistant experience of at least six months if specialized education not met.
• Six months of clerical healthcare experience with direct patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient/resident care such as call light response, ambulating, transferring, positioning, and personal hygiene assistance.
• Collects, records, and reports patient data and changes in condition.
• Provides general clerical support to the unit (phone, data entry, distribution of information).

Skills

Patient care

Data entry

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma

Health unit coordinator course

Nursing assistant certification

Emergency Medical Technician program

Medical assistant program

Clinical rotation in nursing program

Tools

Windows OS

MS Office

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a Health Unit Coordinator to support nursing staff and assist in patient care per care plans and hospital policies. The role involves day shifts in a full-time schedule with varied daily hours.

Your responsibilities include routine patient care tasks, data collection and reporting, and clerical duties such as phone handling and data entry. Prior healthcare clerical experience is valued.