Nursing Assistant - Medical Intensive Care Unit; MICU Evenings

University of Iowa Health Care—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is:
Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Nursing Assistant to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses.

• Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients
• Turn, position and ambulate patients
• Assist patients with bedpans, urinals and perineal cleansing
• Take temperature, pulse and blood pressure
• Enter daily patient record charting in computer
• Perform simple diagnostic/therapeutic procedures (i.e., dressing changes)
• Clean equipment, patient bedside area and nursing unit
• Set up rooms for patient admission
• Transport patients by bed, cart or wheelchair
• Transport equipment, specimens and supplies
• Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit
• Perform basic CPR as required
• Maintain patient confidentiality

• Percent of Time: 50% - 20 hours per week
• Schedule: Evenings, will include an every other weekend and every other holiday rotation
• Location: RCP

• Merit Pay Plan: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-plan
• Benefits Highlights: Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa; paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; generous employer contributions into retirement plans

Ability to read, write and follow instructions.

• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  Nursing Assistant
• Appointment Type:
  Merit
• Schedule:
  
  Part-time
• Compensation details:
  Pay Level 4

• Organization:
  Healthcare
• Contact Name:
  Kylie Guy
• Contact Email: kylie-arras