Nursing Assistant - Medical Surgical Services (MSS) Details

Nursing Assistant - Medical Surgical Services (MSS)

The University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA

Employment Type : Full-Time

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seeking Nursing Assistants for our Medical Surgical Services (MSS) Division. Our Medical-Surgical Services Division is one of the largest in the hospital, with more than 260 of our 811 beds assigned to medical-surgical care settings. In a recent year, our total acute admissions was just more than 36,000 with more than 230,633 acute patient days of care. Medical Surgical Services consists of 10 inpatient units, each with specific specialities and patient populations:

• Adult Acute Care Unit (2JCP)
• Adult Acute Internal Medicine Unit (4/5 South)
• Adult Surgery Specialty Unit (2RC)
• General Medicine (6RC)
• Medical Observation Unit (7JPP)
• Medical-Surgical Oncology (4JPP)
• Non-Vascular Neurology (2BT)
• Orthopedics, Urology, Ophthalmology (3RCE)
• Short Stay Unit (3RCW)
• Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapies Unit (3JCP)

We are looking seeking Nursing Assistants 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:

• 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.

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: 50-100% (20-40hrs/week)
Schedule: Varies by unit
Location: UIHC Main Campus
Rotations: Holiday rotations, every other weekend
Salary: $14,803.92 - $29,607.84/year to commensurate, not including shift differentials

Merit Pay Plan: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/merit-pay-plan

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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Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability to read, write and follow instructions.

Desired Requirements:

• CNA

IN ADDITION TO YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION, WE ASK EACH CANDIDATE TO PLEASE FILL OUT THIS SHORT SURVEY 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 Rob Wall, robert-wall@uiowa.edu.

Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.