Unit Assistant - General Surgery (8E)

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:

oacute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or

olong term care nursing assistant course or

ocompletion of an emergency medical technician program or

ocompletion of medical assistant program or

ocompletion 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.

Additional Information

Schedule: Full-time Requisition ID: 24002602 Daily Work Times: 7p-7a Hours Per Pay Period: 70 On Call: No Weekends: Yes