McLaren Health Care·Lapeer, Michigan
Provides essential support to nursing staff by delivering routine patient care, including hygiene assistance and positioning. Responsible for collecting patient data, obtaining vital signs, and performing phlebotomy for specimen collection.
30pm Under the supervision of a registered nurse, responsible for providing support to nursing staff and assisting in the delivery of patient care following hospital and departmental policies, procedures, and standards of care. Provides routine patient care services such as call light response; ambulating, transferring, and positioning; personal hygiene assistance. Collects, records, and reports various patient data. Obtains vital signs, blood glucose levels, bedside pregnancy testing, and reports changes in patient data to registered nurse. Obtains blood specimens by venipuncture or micro collection techniques, and assists nursing staff in collecting specimens from intra-vessel catheters.
High school graduate or equivalent.
Specialized education requirements include both: Acute care nursing assistant course preferred for acute care positions or long term care nursing assistant course or completion of a clinical rotation while participating in an accredited nursing program or completion of medical training in a branch or the armed services Recent patient care experience in acute care setting Medical assistant, EMT, or CNA certification.
BLS certification
Preferred: Emergency Department experience. Experience in specimen collection (i.e. phlebotomy), specimen processing and distribution.
Requires a high school diploma and completion of a nursing assistant, EMT, or medical assistant program. BLS certification and recent acute care experience are required, while Emergency Department experience is preferred.
Market context
In Michigan, nursing roles often show steady demand across hospitals, clinics, long-term care, and home health settings. These positions can be competitive because employers may prioritize licensure readiness, BLS timing, and flexibility for shift-based care. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits from the original posting to save research time, and confirm you can meet the High School Diploma or GED requirement and obtain BLS within 90 days before applying.
