Full-Time
Universal Services Assistant
Updated on 9/11/2026
Bronson Methodist Hospital
Southwest Michigan health system
No salary listed
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
In Person
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- A high school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
- The employee must successfully complete competency requirements for math, English, writing, spelling, and reading comprehension.
- The employee must perform basic math skills.
- The employee must perform reading, writing, spelling, English, and communication skills at the ninth-grade level.
- The employee must input and read data using department computers.
- The employee must perform duties within assigned cluster units.
- The employee must communicate factual information effectively orally and in writing with members of the healthcare team.
- The employee must accept delegation and negotiate task priorities.
- The employee must be able to stand and walk considerably, lift light-weight objects of 20 pounds or less, and assist with heavier tasks such as lifting and moving patients.
- Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
- Clean assigned hospital units, including patient rooms, restrooms, floors, and other areas; laundry may be included at specified facilities.
- Maintain a clean and orderly environment for patients, staff, families, and visitors.
- Change bed linens, run errands, and direct visitors.
- Restock unit work areas and retrieve and deliver supplies and equipment.
- Record food and fluid intake and output as directed.
- Answer pages to assist nursing staff.
- Answer signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patient needs and communicate information or requests to the registered nurse or patient care assistant.
- Perform monthly cleaning, including high dusting, baseboards, and spot cleaning of walls.
- Serve and collect food trays and feed patients who require assistance.
- Transport patients and assist patients to walk as directed by the registered nurse.
- Assist in turning and repositioning bedfast patients to help prevent bedsores.
- Compile chart packets according to established procedures.
- Coordinate cleaning activities with the registered nurse and patient care assistant.
- Attend regular staff meetings and stay current with pertinent unit or department information.
- Use department computerized systems to input appropriate data.
- Answer the unit phone according to Bronson telephone standards.
- Assist the greeter and unit clerk as needed.
- One to three months of related experience and/or training is preferred.
- Basic Life Support certification is preferred.
- For BBC-only assignments, a Michigan driver's license and insurability may be required.
Bronson Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health system serving southwest Michigan. The system provides hospital, primary, specialty, emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation, and community health services through regional care locations. It serves patients, families, clinicians, referring providers, and communities throughout southwest Michigan. Its operating model centers on coordinated hospitals and practices supported by clinical programs, technology, facilities, supply chain, and administration. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, rehabilitation, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.
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