Unit Assistant - Nursing Float Pool at McLaren Health Care

Lansing, Michigan, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Jul, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Patient Care, Call Light Response, Ambulating, Personal Hygiene Assistance, Data Entry, Medical Terminology, BLS Certification, Clerical Support, Patient Positioning, Windows Applications

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Department: Nursing Float Pool Daily Work Times: 7a-7p Shift: Days Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 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: 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. 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.

Responsibilities

Provides routine patient care services including hygiene assistance, ambulation, and monitoring patient conditions under RN supervision. Additionally, performs general clerical duties such as data entry and phone management for the nursing unit.