What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Assistant - Nursing Float Pool position at Nursing Float Pool - McLaren Careers?
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.