Unit Assistant Casual - Same Day Surgery

Mclaren-Health-Care; Lansing (MI); Sur place; USD 18 000 - 25 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Unit Assistant on a casual basis for the Same Day Surgery department. Under supervision of a nurse, you will support daily patient care activities, maintain a safe, clean environment, and assist with clerical tasks to ensure efficient unit operations.

The role requires a high school diploma and health unit coordinator or related coursework, with additional nursing assistant or EMT options possible. Prior healthcare clerical experience is beneficial.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Health unit coordinator course or medical terminology and data entry coursework.
• Specialized education options include acute care nursing assistant, long-term care nursing assistant, EMT, medical assistant, or clinical rotation in an accredited nursing program.
• Six months of clerical healthcare experience is preferred if above education not met.

Responsabilités

• Performs delegated patient care interventions under RN supervision.
• Provides compassionate support to patients and families.
• Assists with activities of daily living and personal hygiene.
• Ensures HIPAA and OSHA compliance.
• Provides general clerical support (answering phones, data entry, distributing information).
• Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate staff of orders.

Connaissances

Healthcare clerical

Keyboarding

Windows applications

Formation

High school diploma

Health unit coordinator course

Medical terminology & data entry

Nursing assistant program

Description du poste

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.

Unit Assistant Casual - Same Day Surgery

Department:Same Day Surgery
Daily Work Times:Varies
Shift: Varies
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 0

Position Summary:
Under the direct supervision of a Nurse, contributes to the delivery of patient-centered care through: Performance of selected day-to-day patient care activities. Maintenance of an environment that is functionally and aesthetically conducive to patient well-being. Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies. Interacts with patients considering their developmental, age-specific, and cultural spiritual preferences.

Responsibilities:

• Performs specific patient care interventions as delegated by the RN in effort to identify/attain treatment goals.
• Delivers compassionate support, attention, and assistance to patients and families.
• Provides physical support for patients with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, showering, feeding, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing or exercising.
• Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA.

Maintains safe and clean working environment and protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols.

• Provides general clerical support to unit such as answering the phone, data entry, and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various information.
• Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations.
• Schedules procedures with other departments.
• Performs other related job duties as requested.

Qualifications:

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:

o acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or

o long term care nursing assistant course or

o completion of an emergency medical technician program or

o completion of medical assistant program or

o 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.

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 26011765
• Daily Work Times: Varies
• 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.

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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.