Unit Assistant - 9 West Secure Unit

McLaren Health Care; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

403(b)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a dedicated nursing support professional to assist the Secure Unit team. You will respond to call lights, assist with ambulation and hygiene, and help manage patient care per care plans and hospital policies.

In this role, you will collect and report patient data, perform routine housekeeping and clerical duties, and support nursing staff to ensure smooth unit operations. Weekend shifts are required.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Completion of a health unit coordinator course or coursework in medical terminology and data entry.
• Specialized education requirements if six-month nursing assistant experience is not met, include acute care, long term care, EMT, medical assistant, or clinical rotation in accredited nursing program.
• Prior nursing assistant experience of at least six months if specialized education not met.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or MTN equivalent.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Clerical tasks

Patient care support

Data entry

Education

High school diploma

Health unit coordinator course

Acute care nursing assistant course

Long term care nursing assistant course

EMT program

Medical assistant program

Clinical rotation in accredited nursing program

Tools

Data entry software

Windows applications

Job description

Position Summary

Department: Secure Unit
Daily Work Times: 7PM - 7AM
Shift: Nights
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 48

Benefits

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

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

• 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.
• Collects, records, and reports various patient/resident data. Reports changes in patient/resident condition.
• 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.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN).

Preferred

• Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.
• Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Daily Work Times: 7PM - 7AM
• Hours Per Pay Period: 48
• On Call: No
• Weekends: Yes