Nursing Assistant - Surgical Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (SNICU) - 60% Evening/Nights
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Iowa City, IA, US
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University of Iowa Health Care provides comprehensive academic medical services and is Iowa's only academic medical center, serving thousands daily.
Summary:
The Nursing Assistant will assist the nursing team with patient care tasks under the supervision of Registered Nurses. No specific educational credentials are required to apply.
Job Description:
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.
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- 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: 60% - 24 hours per week
Schedule: Evening and Night rotating shifts, hours will be between 7:00 am - 11:30 pm, will include an every third weekend rotation and a holiday rotation
Location: Iowa City, IA
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
Ability to read, write and follow instructions.
