Student Extern-UCS Students Only

Job Summary

The Student Extern works under the direction of the department/unit leader. The Student Extern is part of an educational program that has partnered with Corewell Health. The Student Extern performs the essential duties within their type of position as outlined below.

Essential Functions

• Patient Care Support Roles duties may include:
  Providing care to the patient according to the plan of care specific unit routines and hospital policy under the
  Direction of the Registered Nurse. This may include taking vitals ambulation or bathing.
  Documentation of care provided in the electronic medical record.
  Safe transport of patients via wheelchair or stretcher dispatch services and appropriate documentation of services.
  Performs general receptionist and clerical duties to facilitate efficient functioning of the unit/department.
  May assist with cleaning or stocking patient rooms.
  Maintains current knowledge/certification including BLS.
  Attends all required Safety Training programs and can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety department/service safety and specific job-related hazards.
  Follows the Hospital Exposure Control Plans/Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens.
  Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients families visitors and fellow employees to ensure a professional responsible and courteous environment.
  Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter and intra departmentally to facilitate the departments/units ability to meet its goals and objective.

• Non-Patient Care Roles duties may include:
  Central Sterile Processing: Preparing case sets for surgeries unloading the washer line building case carts and assisting Technicians
  Environmental Services: Cleaning non-patient facing areas of the facility that may including hallways stairways elevators and public spaces. Other cleaning projects as assigned.
  Guest Relations: Greeting visitors vendors and/or team members promptly and courteously upon arrival. Asks questions to determine the individuals needs confirms appointments answers inquiries factually and directors or escorts the individual to the proper person or area.
  Lab: Receive laboratory specimens from the pneumatic tub system delivers laboratory specimens to testing areas answers phones and navigates the Epic system to solve problems.
  Pharmacy: Under the direction and supervision of a Pharmacist performance a variety of functions related to receiving stocking and delivery of medications within an acute care or non-acute care pharmacy. Performs pharmacy functions that do not require a license to support the operations of the department.
  Materials Management: Provides excellent customer service while stocking floors/units with proper supplies and assisting members of the materials management department with day-to-day functions of the department.

• Food Service Related Roles duties may include:
  Responsible for production of a wide variety of intricate beverage recipes from a complex combination of ingredients according to standardized recipes.
  Work in a fast-paced high volume work environment. Use of specialized and/or commercial kitchen equipment.
  Maintain safety and sanitation standards of the work area.
  Provide patient meal service including accurate portioning and presentation of menu items set up of tray assembly station and tray assembly.
  Transport tray carts and deliver trays to patients. Collect soiled trays and return to kitchen.
  Stock distribute and/or collect patient menus.
  Perform call center duties including ability to answer multiple line phone input patient selections into computer while ensuring compliance to dietary restrictions and attention to special needs.
  Responsible for the production of simple standardized recipes and preparing raw and dry ingredients to be used by the cooking staff.
  Knowledge and application of safe food handling practices.
  Ensure high quality food products by monitoring ingredients and finished product to meet established quality standards.
  Attention to special requirements for modified and restricted diets.
  Maintain safety and sanitation standards of the work area.
  Communicate effectively.
  Create an excellent experience for the customer.

Qualifications

Required

• Must be presently enrolled in a school or co-op to work program.

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association Or

• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross

Preferred

• Prior experience in patient care.

About Corewell Health

As a team member at Corewell Health you will play an essential role in delivering personalized health care to our patients members and our communities. We are committed to cultivating and investing in YOU. Our top-notch teams are comprised of collaborators leaders and innovators that continue to build on one shared mission statement - to improve health instill humanity and inspire hope. Join a nationally recognized health system with an ambitious vision of continued advancement and excellence.

How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial health and work/life balance goals. Learn more here.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you like restaurants phone plans spas and more!
• Optional identity theft protection home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

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Corewell Health is committed to providing a safe environment for our team members patients visitors and community. We require a drug-free workplace and require team members to comply with the MMR Varicella Tdap and Influenza vaccine requirement if in an on-site or hybrid workplace category. We are committed to supporting prospective team members who require reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application process to perform the essential functions of a job or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment due to a disability pregnancy or sincerely held religious belief.

Corewell Health grants equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race color national origin sex disability age religion genetic information marital status height weight gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other legally protected category.

An interconnected collaborative culture where all are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work is vital to the health of our organization. As a health system we advocate for equity as we care for our patients our communities and each other. From workshops that develop cultural intelligence to our inclusion resource groups for people to find community and empowerment at work we are dedicated to ongoing resources that advance our values of diversity equity and inclusion in all that we do. We invite those that share in our commitment to join our team.

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