Nursing Assistant - Main Operating Room, Second Shift

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:

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

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.®

Percent of Time: 50, 80, or 100%
Schedule: Monday - Friday 1500 - 2330, holiday and weekends are required
Location: John Colloton Pavillion (JCP)
Rotations: Rotating

Merit Pay Plan: Merit Alpha Matrix | University Human Resources - The University of Iowa (uiowa.edu)

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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