Unit Assistant Surgery

at  Ascension

We Are Hiring:

• Department: Surgery Recovery Room
• Schedule: Full Time Days 40 hours a week position rotating between 5:30A-2P and 6A-2:30P
• Hospital: Ascension Borgess Hospital
• Location: Kalamazoo, MI

What You Will Do:

Perform administrative and clerical duties in support of an assigned clinical area.

• Greet patients and visitors, answer general inquiries, and schedule patients for appointments.
• Answer, screen, and route telephone calls. Perform general clerical duties including filing, email correspondence, and mail distribution. Create various reports and documents.
• Communicate with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care.
• Perform unit safety checks. Assist with meeting patient needs and escalate as appropriate.
• May enter and maintain timekeeping changes and staff schedules.
• May assist with stocking supplies and keeping unit and patient rooms clean and orderly.

What You Will Need:

Education:

• High School diploma equivalency OR 1 year of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
• Note: Required professional licensure/certification can be used in lieu of education or experience, if applicable.

Additional Preferences:
Medical Office experience preferred.
Why Join Our Team:
Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:
Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
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Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

• Greet patients and visitors, answer general inquiries, and schedule patients for appointments.
• Answer, screen, and route telephone calls. Perform general clerical duties including filing, email correspondence, and mail distribution. Create various reports and documents.
• Communicate with patients, families, physicians and other healthcare team members about patient care.
• Perform unit safety checks. Assist with meeting patient needs and escalate as appropriate.
• May enter and maintain timekeeping changes and staff schedules.
• May assist with stocking supplies and keeping unit and patient rooms clean and orderly