Unit Assistant | South 4E | Day | Full-Time

UF Health; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

UF Health's unit assistant (UA) provides administrative support to a designated nursing unit, helping the Nurse Manager with data collection to improve quality, service, growth, staff, and finances.

The UA assists in managing time and attendance, scheduling, inventory, and new employee processing while ensuring regulatory compliance and maintaining patient confidentiality. This role supports the unit environment and nursing's commitment to excellent patient care.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED; AA degree preferred.
• Strong computer skills with Word and Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal, conflict management and negotiation abilities.
• Project management experience preferred; able to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in a diverse team and handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to a designated nursing unit.
• Assist in data collection to support unit outcomes in quality, service, growth, staff, and finances.
• Support time and attendance, scheduling, inventory, and new employee processing.
• Assist in implementing and overseeing support tech initiatives and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to patient satisfaction and unit workflow improvements.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Conflict management

Negotiation skills

Project management

Independent judgment

Teamwork

Office Suite proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

AA degree preferred

Tools

Office Suite (Word, Excel)

Job description

Overview

The unit assistant (UA) provides administrative support to a designated nursing unit. The UA assists the Nurse Manager (NM) with data collection that supports achievement of unit outcomes related to quality, service, growth, staff, and finances. The UA supports the NM in overseeing processes that impact staff development and practice, patient satisfaction, and unit workflow including: time and attendance records, schedules, inventory, filing, assisting in new employee processing, and project development. The UA is responsible for enhancing the unit environment while maintaining regulatory requirements and identifying and resolving unit issues as assigned. The UA assists the unit management team in implementing and overseeing support tech initiatives and is competent in the monitor/support tech role. The unit assistant provides administrative and clinical support to achieve the organization's mission of excellent patient care and nursing's vision of setting a new standard of excellence in autonomous and accountable nursing practice committed to patient advocacy and innovative patient care in a climate of trust and collaboration.

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• High school graduate or equivalent; AA degree preferred.


• Experience must include excellent computer skills and applications including Office Suite (applications such as Word and Excel).


• Excellent interpersonal, conflict management and negotiation skills required; project management experience preferred. Must function with minimum supervision and be able to exercise sound independent judgment.


• Must be able to work in a team environment with a diverse group of individual personalities.


• Must be able to work in a setting where access to and control of confidential information is required.