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. ®

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients
• Assist patients with bedpans, urinals and perineal cleansing
• Turn, position and ambulate patients
• 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

Percent of Time: 50 %
Schedule: 20 hours per week E/N shift with every third weekend, and holidays as assigned
Location: John Pappajohn Pavilion (JPP)
Rotations: Every third weekend, holidays as assigned
Merit Pay Plan: https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/merit-pay-plan
Pay Differentials: Shift differentials for evening and night.
Benefits Highlights: Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans. Relocation Assistant available to qualified applicants. https://hr.uiowa.edu/benefits

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Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

• Ability to read, write and follow instructions