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Form of workUniversity 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.
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Nursing is seeking a Patient Care Technician for our Post Anesthesia Care Team. This position will 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:
- Assist with preparation of patients for surgery
- Hold retractors for orthopedic total joint procedures
- 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: 80%
Schedule: D/E rotation, 8 hour shifts between 0800-2330, occasional weekend shift
Location: John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP)
Merit Pay Plan: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/merit-pay-plan
Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening and night.
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.
- Classification Title: Patient Care Technician
- Appointment Type: Merit
- Schedule: Part-time
- Pay Level: 5
- Organization: Healthcare
- Contact Name: Morgan Schipper
- Contact Email: morgan-finnegan@uiowa.edu
