Unit Assistant Casual - Same Day Surgery
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The Unit Assistant supports patient-centered care in the Same Day Surgery department under the direct supervision of a nurse. The role performs delegated patient-care activities, assists patients and families, maintains a safe and clean environment, and provides clerical support to the unit. Work times and shifts vary; the schedule is per diem.
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Unit Assistant Casual - Same Day Surgery
Michigan, Lansing (https://careers.mclaren.org/jobs/39575/other-jobs-matching/location-only)
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Administrative/Clerical (https://careers.mclaren.org/landingpages/administrativeclerical-opportunities-at-mclaren-12)
McLaren Greater Lansing
26011765 Requisition #
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Department: Same Day Surgery
Daily Work Times: Varies
Shift: Varies
Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours:0
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 direct supervision of a Nurse, contributes to the delivery of patient-centered care through: Performance of selected day-to-day patient care activities. Maintenance of an environment that is functionally and aesthetically conducive to patient well-being. Demonstrates unit/area-designated competencies. Interacts with patients considering their developmental, age-specific, and cultural spiritual preferences.
Responsibilities:
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Performs specific patient care interventions as delegated by the RN in effort to identify/attain treatment goals.
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Delivers compassionate support, attention, and assistance to patients and families.
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Provides physical support for patients with daily activities and personal hygiene, including bathing, showering, feeding, dressing, getting out of bed, using the toilet, walking, standing or exercising.
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Ensures compliance with all health care regulations, including HIPAA and OSHA.
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Maintains safe and clean working environment and protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control, hazardous waste and other policies and protocols.
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Provides general clerical support to unit such as answering the phone, data entry, and assembling, maintaining, and distributing various information.
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Transcribes physician orders and notifies appropriate parties of orders and consultations.
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Schedules procedures with other departments.
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Performs other related job duties as requested.
Qualifications:
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: Per Diem
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Requisition ID: 26011765
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Daily Work Times: Varies
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Hours Per Pay Period: 0.01
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On Call: No
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Weekends: No
How this job compares
Set against the 795 open Clerical jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$42–53K/yr92 salary ranges
- US median$18–21/hr390 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Clerical jobs in Michigan and 795 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- McLaren Health Care (this employer)6 open
- Trinity Health3 open
- Experience
- Clerical postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (328 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 434 of the 795 open Clerical jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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