Patient Care Technician - Stead Family Children's Hospital NICU L7 - 50% - Day/Evenings

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Patient Care Technician to perform specific tasks that assist the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager. The position is located in the Stead Family Children's Hospital NICU, Level 7, in Iowa City, Iowa, and is 50% (20 hours per week). The schedule includes day and evening shifts, every fourth weekend, and one summer and one winter holiday. The role includes assisting with patient care, personal hygiene, comfort, mobility, nutrition, and patient transitions, as well as carrying out delegated clinical and diagnostic tasks. The technician also helps maintain equipment, supplies, and cleanliness in patient rooms and nursing units. This is a regular salaried position with 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 include a resume. Successful candidates must self-disclose conviction history and undergo a criminal background check and credential and education verification. The position is not eligible for university employment-authorization sponsorship.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and follow instructions.
Include a resume with the application.
Successful candidates must disclose conviction history and pass a criminal background check and credential and education verification.

Responsibilities

Independently obtain and record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
Use medical asepsis when performing skills and tasks, including phlebotomy and peripheral IV or Foley catheter removal and care for medically isolated patients.
Perform simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as enemas, preoperative skin preparation, dressing changes, specimen collection, and applying binders or braces.
Perform special duties as taught and directed by the nurse in charge, including phlebotomy, ECG lead or 12-lead placement, and brace or pin-site care.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Provide patients with personal hygiene and comfort care.
Turn, position, and ambulate patients.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies.
Feed patients, serve drinking water and nourishment, and record intake.
Assist patients with bedpans and urinals and record output.
Participate in nursing care conferences and report pertinent patient information and incidents to the nurse in charge.
Provide patient comfort measures through social interactions.
Help prepare, properly use, and care for equipment and supplies, and maintain unit neatness and cleanliness.
Assemble and maintain equipment and supplies for diagnostic or treatment procedures performed by physicians or nurses.
Clean areas according to designated guidelines and standards, using approved disinfectants and cleaning products and caring for housekeeping equipment properly.
Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units.