Nursing Assistant – Surgical Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit (SNICU) – 60% – Day/Evenings
Job Description
Support SNICU nurses in delivering quality patient care during day and evening shifts.
Nursing Assistant
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: Day and evening shifts, will include an every third weekend rotation and a holiday rotation Location: Iowa City, IA Merit Pay Plan Benefits Highlights:
- Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
- Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Minimum Eligibility Requirements: Ability to read, write and follow instructions.
Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients, Turn, position and ambulate patients, Transport patients by bed, cart or wheelchair, Enter daily patient record charting in computer, Maintain patient confidentiality
