University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics—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.
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The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 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:
Transports patients, equipment, specimens and supplies
Recognizes and reports changes in the patient and the environment following department procedures and standards.
Immediately alerts nursing personnel to emergency situations.
Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units.
Shares responsibility for preparation, proper use and care of equipment and supplies and for nearness and cleanliness of unit.
Gather equipment and supplies in preparation for various diagnostic or treatment procedures performed by physicians or nurse.
Cleans areas per designated guidelines and standards demonstrating proper use of approved disinfectants, cleaning products and care of the housekeeping equipment.
Ensures timely turnover of patient areas such as inpatient rooms, clinic rooms, and operating rooms
Delivers messages, items, and/or amenities as requested.
Assists patient's visitors with directions, information, and other general inquiries, as appropriate.
Assist with running our 30+ ORs \
Typical shift tasks include gathering equipment for cases (sometimes pushing up to 75 lbs), running labs, getting blood from kiosk/blood bank, taking specimens to lab, taking labs to their respective labs across the hospital, stocking rooms with linen, fluids, and medications from pharmacy, occasionally transporting patients to and from surgery, cleaning duties, and opening sterile supplies
Percent of Time: 100%
Schedule: Monday- Friday (0700 - 1530) no call.
Rotating shifts and weekends as needed
Location: John Pappajohn Pavilion
Merit Pay Plan: https://hr.
uiowa.
edu/pay/merit-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.
Please attach a resume as part of the application process.
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days.
This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.
For questions or additional information, please contact Morgan Schipper at morgan-finnegan@uiowa.
edu
Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification.
Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.
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