Unit Clerk Nurse Aide - 3S Telemetry

Mclaren-Health-Care; Mount Clemens (MI); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a Nursing Assistant to support the unit by handling receptionist and secretarial duties under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role includes assisting nursing staff with patient care to ensure patient safety, dignity, and privacy, and maintaining a clean, organized unit environment.

Responsibilities include hourly rounding, answering calls, helping with beds, baths, feeding, vitals, mobility, and transportation of patients.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of a Nurse Aide training program, OR 6 months experience as Nursing Assistant in a Healthcare facility, OR completion of fundamentals of nursing if enrolled in a Nursing program.
• BLS certification from American Heart Association (AHA), American Red Cross (ARC), or Canadian equivalent, is required before start date and valid at least 60 days beyond start date.

Responsibilities

• Performs purposeful hourly rounding including: Pain, Position, Personal needs, and Possessions.
• Promptly answers telephone/call lights in a polite manner and relaying pertinent information to the appropriate staff.
• Assists nursing staff with patient care by making patient beds, giving baths, passing waters, feeding patients, providing oral care, accurate Intake & Output, assisting with mobilization/ambulation, daily weights, performing bedside glucose testing and obtaining vital signs and any other duties assigned by the RN.
• Greets patient/family upon arrival to the nursing unit and assists in the transportation of patients to and from other units and test areas.
• Ensures all rooms and work areas are clean and tidy (e.g. patient rooms, clean utility, and soiled utility), IV poles, suction machines, commodes, and other equipment are cleaned and properly stored

Education

Nurse Aide training program

6 months experience as Nursing Assistant in a Healthcare facility

Fundamentals of nursing (if enrolled in a Nursing program)

BLS certification from accepted organizations

Job description

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.

Under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse, performs the receptionist and secretarial duties on the unit assigned and meets the communication needs of the patient, family, departmental staff and medical staff. Supports the nursing staff by performing specific patient care duties to meet safety and comfort needs of the patient. Assist and maintain a safe and clean work environment. Maintains patient privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and respects patient’s rights.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Performs purposeful hourly rounding including: Pain, Position, Personal needs, and Possessions
• Promptly answers telephone/call lights in a polite manner and relaying pertinent information to the appropriate staff
• Assists nursing staff with patient care by making patient beds, giving baths, passing waters, feeding patients, providing oral care, accurate Intake & Output, assisting with mobilization/ambulation, daily weights, performing bedside glucose testing and obtaining vital signs and any other duties assigned by the RN
• Greets patient/family upon arrival to the nursing unit and assists in the transportation of patients to and from other units and test areas
• Ensures all rooms and work areas are clean and tidy (e.g. patient rooms, clean utility, and soiled utility), IV poles, suction machines, commodes, and other equipment are cleaned and properly stored

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Successful completion of a Nurse Aide training program,OR 6 months experience as a Nursing Assistant in a Healthcare facility, OR completion of fundamentals of nursing, if enrolled in a Nursing program
• BLS certification from American Heart Association (AHA), American ed Cross (ARC), or Canadian equivalent, is required before start date and valid at least 60 days beyond start date

Preferred: Current State of Michigan CNA certification

Selected candidate will be required to work weekends 2 & 4 of the 28-day schedule, as well as the Holiday B rotation.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Additional Locations:Michigan, Mount Clemens
• Daily Work Times: 7:00a - 7:30p
• 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.