Patient Care Technician - Emergency Medicine - North Liberty Campus - 90% Evening/Night

The University Of Iowa
US - Iowa - Iowa City
December 13, 2024

The new University of Iowa Health Care North Liberty Campus will open in the Spring of 2025.This 469,000 square foot facility will be home to UI Health Care's nationally recognized Orthopedics service line, offering comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible care across the outpatient, inpatient, and surgical venues. These state-of-the-art clinical facilities will also include a full-service community imaging center, laboratory services, physical therapy, retail pharmacy, and emergency department as well as an array of support services.The facility has been designed to support a superior patient and staff experience; excellence across our patient care, teaching, and research missions; convenient access to services; and engaging community partnerships.UI Health Care is seeking a welcoming, highly skilled, and collaborative workforce to be a part of the opening team for this superb new campus, and to help further our mission of:Changing Medicine. Changing Lives. ®

The University of Iowa Health Care's Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking to hire 90% Patient Care Technicians in the Emergency Department at the Medical Center North Liberty. Under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses, the ED Patient Care Technician will perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care.

Duties include (but not limited to):

Perform EKGs throughout the Emergency Department as well as throughout the entire hospital.
Set up rooms for patient admission.
Clean equipment, patient bedside area and nursing unit.
Transport patients by bed, cart or wheelchair.
Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit.
Perform basic CPR as required.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
Assist patients with bedpans, urinals and perineal cleansing.
Perform patient personal hygiene such as bathing, toileting, feeding, dressing, grooming and oral care for patients.
Turn, position, and ambulate patients.
Take temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
Enter daily patient record charting in computer.
Transport equipment, specimens and supplies.

Percent of Time: 90% - 36 hours per week
Schedule: Evening and Night rotating shifts, will include a weekend rotation and holiday rotation as assigned
Location: North Liberty, IA
Pay Grade: 5 (/hr.uiowa.edu/pay/pay-plans/merit-pay-plan)

Benefit Highlights:

Regular salaried position located in North Liberty, 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 Qualifications:

Direct patient-care experience
Work experience in a health care environment
Strong written communication skills
Customer service experience
Certified Nursing Assistant
At least six months of recent Emergency Room experience and/or EMT-B certification

Please include a resume with your submission. 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 Abagail Kestas at abagail-sojka@uiowa.edu.

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.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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