Unit Assistant - Surgery Sched
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The Unit Assistant supports nursing staff and assists with patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse, following care plans and hospital policies. The role also provides clerical support to the unit, including phone coverage, data entry, and handling information. The schedule is full-time, with variable daily work times on the day shift.
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Unit Assistant - Surgery Sched
Michigan, Lansing (https://careers.mclaren.org/jobs/39578/other-jobs-matching/location-only)
Administrative/Clerical
McLaren Greater Lansing
26011834 Requisition #
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Department: Surgery Sched
Daily Work Times: Varies
Shift: Day
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours:80
Benefits:
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403(b)
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Dental insurance
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Health insurance
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Paid time off
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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:
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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.
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Collects, records, and reports various patient/resident data. Reports changes in patient/resident condition.
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Provides general clerical support to unit such as answering the phone, data entry, and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various information.
Required:
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High school graduate or equivalent.
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Successful completion of a health unit coordinator course or, high school or college course work in medical terminology and computer/data entry.
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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 positionsor
o long term care nursing assistant courseor
o completion of an emergency medical technician programor
o completion of medical assistant programor
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:
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Six months of clerical experience in healthcare setting. Direct patient care experience.
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Computer keyboard skills and windows application experience.
Additional Information
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Schedule: Full-time
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Requisition ID: 26011834
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Daily Work Times: Varies
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Hours Per Pay Period: 80
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On Call: No
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Weekends: No
How this job compares
Set against the 2,285 open Nursing Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$42–58K/yr27 salary ranges
- US median$19–24/hr1,247 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Nursing Assistant jobs in Michigan and 2,285 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- Corewell Health28 open
- McLaren Health Care (this employer)25 open
- Henry Ford Health System4 open
- Experience
- Nursing Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (401 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,089 of the 2,285 open Nursing Assistant jobs (48%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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