Unit Assistant

**Job Overview**

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Reception**
- Maintain a neat and organized work area
- Prompt, courteous and confidential telephone communication, and when dealing with resident and staff information
- Direct all resident and family concerns to the nurse

**Charts, records and worksheets**
- Prepares and sends out requisitions as needed and maintains accurate records
- File residents clinical records
- Assembles residents clinical records for admissions, discharges and transfers

**Administrative**
- File reports and consults as needed
- Assist in maintaining manuals in accurate and up to date manner
- Maintain staff scheduling and schedule replacements for call ins and leaves
- Accurately record all changes to schedule
- Ensure assignment sheets are complete and ready for staff
- Accurately maintain admissions, discharges and transfers on convergence
- Prepare documents for medical appointments and transfers as directed by the nurse
- Prepare and submit quarterly and annual MDS assessments
- Update resident data base as needed

**Admissions**
- Ensure simultaneous flow with the move in process
- Explain homes move in policies
- Coordinates move in and discharge process including CPAS, families, and other care facilities, internal departments, paperwork and move in packages

**Resident Support and Care**
- Assist with feeding residents if time permits when there is need, depending on demands of tasks at hand
- Move and arrange residents files in relation to in house transfers

**Education and Training**
- Participate in orientation of new staff
- Participate in staff meetings as indicated
- Attend educational sessions as appropriate and approved by DOC

**General**
- Acknowledge and support the mission and Values of MNH
- Follow safe work practices and report incidences as per MNH policy
- Report unsafe conditions or maintenance concerns
- Adhere to MNH policy and procedure manuals including emergency procedures
- Preform other duties as assigned by the Charge Nurse, Resident Care Coordinator, or DOC

**Experience**
- 2 years’ experience in an office environment is desirable
- Experience with scheduling desirable
- Strong interpersonal skills to build rapport with staff, clients and their families.
- A caring attitude and a commitment to providing high-quality support.

Join us in making a difference in the lives of those we serve by providing compassionate care as a Unit Assistant. Your dedication can help enhance the quality of life for our clients while fostering an environment of respect and dignity.

**Job Type**: Casual

Pay: $20.78-$22.24 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

Work Location: In person