Nurse Assistant - 3rd Floor PCU Midnights

Schedule: 36 hours per week, every other weekend and holiday rotation

Shift:Midnight Shift 7:00 pm – 7:30 am (3x12 hour shifts)

Are you passionate about patient care and looking to grow in a dynamic, supportive healthcare environment? As aNurse Assistant, you will play a vital role in ensuring patient comfort, safety, and well-being. Working under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN), you will assist with essential patient care tasks and actively contribute to a positive patient experience.

About Our Unit:
Our 34-bed Progressive Care Unit specializes in telemetry and caring for acutely ill adult patients with a wide range of diagnoses. Whether helping manage chronic illnesses or supporting recovery from acute conditions, our team is dedicated to delivering safe, reliable, and compassionate care to the Downriver community.

What You’ll Do:
Your day-to-day impact includes:

• Performing routine tasks such as measuring and recording vital signs, collecting and labeling specimens including blood draws, and performing venipuncture and chem sticks.
• Assisting with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges as directed by the RN.
• Providing compassionate, hands-on personal care, including bathing, dressing, feeding, toileting, mobility, and comfort.
• Communicating effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members to support seamless care delivery.
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and organized patient environment.

Education/Experience Required:
To qualify, you’ll need a high school diploma or equivalent and one of the following:

• Completion of a Nurse Assistant program (titles may vary:
  Patient Care Technician (PCT), Patient Assistant Technician (PAT)).
• Enrollment in a nursing program with completed Fundamentals of Nursing.
• Foreign trained and licensed RN who has relocated to the United States and does not hold a Michigan RN license
• Medical Assistant program (with or without experience).
• At least one (1) year of experience in a Nurse Assistant, Patient Care Tech, or Patient Assistant Tech, or similar job role.
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) preferred

Certifications/Licensures Required:

Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• Physical ability to lift and move patients, supplies, and equipment.
• Prolonged standing, walking, and lifting of patients, supplies, and equipment.
• Works in patient care area environments, which may include exposure to communicable diseases, unpleasant odors, acute patient conditions, potential exposure to infection, and hazardous gases.

HAP is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals, companies and organizations. A subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System, we partner with doctors, employers and community groups to enhance the overall health and well-being of the lives we touch. With more than 1,100 dedicated and passionate employees, our goal is to make health care easy for our members.

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a

$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites

including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and

other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system

now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one

of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the

health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s

major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and

remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical

education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing

in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,

pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians.  .

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