Unit Assistant - 8E General Surgery at McLaren Health Care

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Nov, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Patient Care, Clerical Support, Data Entry, Medical Terminology, BLS Certification, Communication Skills, Transcribing Orders, Scheduling Procedures, Personal Hygiene Assistance, Ambulating, Transferring, Positioning, Reporting Changes, Call Light Response, Team Support, Healthcare Experience

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

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. 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. • Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations. • Schedules procedures with other departments. 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. • Basic Life Support (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. Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans.

Responsibilities

The Unit Assistant provides support to nursing staff and assists in the delivery of patient care according to hospital policies. Responsibilities include routine patient care services, clerical support, and transcribing physician orders.