Unit Assistant - 8E General Surgery

Selectminds; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking a dedicated Health Unit Coordinator to support nursing staff and assist in patient care under a registered nurse's supervision. This full-time role covers nights and involves care tasks, data entry, and unit clerical duties in a hospital setting.

The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, completion of a health unit coordinator course or related coursework, and experience in healthcare clerical work.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Health unit coordinator course or related coursework in medical terminology and data entry.
• Specialized education options include acute care nursing assistant, long term care nursing assistant, EMT, medical assistant, or clinical rotation in accredited nursing program.
• Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months if above education not met.
• Six months of clerical experience in a healthcare setting and direct patient care experience.
• Computer keyboard skills and Windows-based data entry.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine patient/resident care such as call light response, ambulating, transferring, positioning, hygiene assistance.
• Collects, records, and reports patient/resident data; reports changes in condition.
• Provides general clerical support to unit including answering phones, data entry, and distributing information.

Skills

High school diploma or GED

Health unit coordinator course

Medical terminology

Windows data entry

Clerical experience in healthcare

Direct patient care experience

Education

High school diploma or GED

Health unit coordinator course

Nursing assistant coursework or EMT

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.

Department:
Daily Work Times:
Shift: Nights
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours:

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:
• acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or
• long term care nursing assistant course or
• completion of an emergency medical technician program or
• completion of medical assistant program or
• 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.
• Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.
• Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26010749
• Daily Work Times: 7a-7p
• On Call: No

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 employmentwithout 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.