Nursing Assistant - Surgical Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit; SNICU​/Evening

Overview

University of Iowa Health Care—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 Surgical and Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (SNICU) is the largest intensive care unit in Iowa, seeing more than 2,500 patients each year. The 36‑bed unit is structurally divided into three bays and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team skilled in the care of acutely ill surgical and neuroscience patients.

• Respiratory failure
• Sepsis
• Multi‑system trauma
• Peri‑operative complications
• Acute neurological injuries
• Pre‑ and post‑organ transplantation care
• Pain

• Pulmonary artery catheters
• Arterial lines
• Intracranial pressure monitoring and CSF drainage
• Ventilatory support
• Continuous infusion of vasoactive medications
• Care for micro‑vascular reconstruction
• Advanced neurological monitoring
• Multiple renal replacement therapies (CRRT)
• Nitric oxide
• Hypothermia Management
• Pentobarbital Comas

• Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care
• The Joint Commission Designated Primary Stroke Center
• Advanced Certification in Palliative Care from The Joint Commission
• American College of Surgeons (ACS) Verified Level 1 Trauma Center
• American Association of Critical‑Care Nurses (AACN) Silver Beacon Award for Excellence

The University of Iowa Health Care 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.

• 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

90% – 36 hours per week

Day and Evening shifts, hours will be between 7:00 am – 11:30 pm, will include an every third weekend rotation and a holiday rotation

Iowa City, IA

• 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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Ability to read, write and follow instructions.

Successful candidates will be required to self‑disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.

• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  Nursing Assistant
• Appointment Type:
  Merit
• Schedule:
  
  Part‑time

• Pay Level: 4

• Organization:
  Healthcare
• Contact Name:
  Kylie Guy
• Contact Email: kylie-guy

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 Kylie Guy at kylie-guy.