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McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, 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, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.

Unit Assistant - Medical Surgical (9E)

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Administrative/Clerical
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McLaren Greater Lansing
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24001624 Requisition #
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.
 

Equal Opportunity Employer

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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