Unit Assistant – Surgery Sched

McLaren; Michigan; On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403(b)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

McLaren seeks a Health Unit Coordinator to support nursing staff and assist in delivering patient care per care plans and hospital policies. The role involves responding to call lights, ambulating, transferring, positioning, and hygiene assistance.

Responsibilities include collecting patient data, reporting changes, and providing general clerical support such as answering phones and data entry. Full-time schedule with varied daily work times.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Completion of health unit coordinator course or related medical terminology coursework.
• Specialized education options include acute/long-term care nursing assistant courses or EMT/medical assistant programs.
• Six months nursing assistant experience if specialized education is not met.
• BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or MTN equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine patient/resident care and assist nursing staff as per care plans.
• Collect, record and report patient/resident data and condition changes.
• Provide clerical support: phone, data entry, and distributing information.

Skills

Clerical experience in healthcare

Medical terminology knowledge

Data entry / computer skills

BLS certification

Nursing assistant experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Nursing assistant program / EMT / Medical assistant program

Job description

Department: Surgery Sched

Daily Work Times: Varies

Shift : Day

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80

Benefits:

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

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.
• 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: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26011834
• Daily Work Times: Varies
• Hours Per Pay Period: 80
• On Call: No
• Weekends: No