Nursing Assistant - Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) - 80% - Days

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.®

About the Role

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 in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU).

This 26-bed unit provides comprehensive high-tech intensive care to acutely ill adults with a wide variety of complex critically ill patients with multiple medical issues who demonstrate a deterioration of health requiring critical care nursing. Patient diagnoses include multi-system failure, respiratory failure, severe sepsis, overdoses (OD), GIB, medical neuro, various cancers, and bone marrow transplants. State-of-the-art technology is implemented in MICU including IL-2 therapy, VV ECMO, CRRT, ventilators, vasoactive drugs, and performs many bedside procedures. MICU provides total patient care involving a multidisciplinary approach, in conjunction with state-of-the-art technology, for systematic assessment and improvement of care to the critically ill patients. In 2012, the unit was awarded a National award for outstanding achievement and leadership for the elimination of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia.

Responsibilities

• 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 (e.g., 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

Schedule

Day shifts, 8-hour shifts (0700-1500), including an every other weekend and every other holiday rotation.

Location

University Campus, Iowa City, Iowa.

Benefits

• Regular salaried position with a fringe benefit package including paid vacation and sick leave
• Health, dental, life, and disability insurance options
• Generous employer contributions into retirement plans

Requirements

• 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.

Merit Pay Plan