Nursing Assistant - NICU (6JPP) - 80%25 - Monday-Friday, Evenings

University of Iowa•Iowa City, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Nursing Assistant to perform specific tasks that assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager. The position is located in Iowa City, Iowa, at 6 JPP and is scheduled for 32 hours per week: four eight-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with exact days flexible. The stated shift is 1500–2330, with no holiday or weekend rotation. Responsibilities include maintaining clean equipment and patient and nursing-unit areas; preparing rooms for admissions; stocking rooms and the unit; assisting patients with personal hygiene and mobility; taking vital signs; entering daily charting into a computer; performing simple diagnostic or therapeutic procedures; transporting patients and supplies; providing basic CPR as needed; and maintaining patient confidentiality. This regular salaried position offers a fringe benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick leave, health, dental, life, and disability insurance options, and employer contributions to retirement plans. Applicants must upload a resume. Successful candidates must disclose conviction history and undergo a criminal background check. Five professional references will be requested later in the recruitment process. The posting is open for at least 10 calendar days and may be removed and filled after that period.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and follow instructions.
Upload a resume with the application.
Disclose any conviction history and undergo a criminal background check if selected.
Provide five professional references at a later step in the recruitment process.

Responsibilities

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