Patient Care Technician - Stead Family Children's Hospital NICU - 50% - Nights

Join the University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing as a Patient Care Technician in the Stead Family Children's Hospital NICU. This part-time position offers 20 hours per week on a night shift schedule, providing direct support to the nursing team in caring for neonatal patients in a comprehensive academic medical center.

Clinical Setting

You will work in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Stead Family Children's Hospital, part of Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center.

Responsibilities

• Independently obtain and record vital signs including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
• Perform medical asepsis when performing skills and tasks including phlebotomy, peripheral IV removal, and Foley catheter removal and care for patients who are medically isolated
• Perform simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as enemas, preoperative skin preparation, dressing changes, collecting specimens, and applying binders and braces
• Perform special duties as taught and directed by the nurse in charge, including phlebotomy, ECG lead and 12-lead placement, and brace and pin site care
• Assist with patient admission, transfers, and discharges
• Provide direct patient care including personal hygiene and comfort measures
• Turn, position, and ambulate patients
• Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies
• Feed patients, serve drinking water and nourishments, and record patient 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 comfort measures through social interactions
• Share responsibility for preparation, proper use, and care of equipment and supplies, and for unit neatness and cleanliness
• Assemble and maintain equipment and supplies in preparation for diagnostic or treatment procedures
• Clean areas per designated guidelines and standards using approved disinfectants and cleaning products
• Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units

Schedule

• Part-time position: 50% (20 hours per week)
• Night shift
• Every 4th weekend required
• One summer holiday and one winter holiday required

Required Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, and follow instructions

Compensation and Benefits

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Merit Pay Plan
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Health, dental, life, and disability insurance options
• Generous employer contributions into retirement plans

Additional Requirements

• 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
• Resume required with submission