Patient Care Technician - Burn Unit - 50% - Rotating Shifts

The 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. ®

Burn Treatment Center and Intermediate Care Unit (8 JCP):

This is a 17-bed unit equipped with a state-of-the-art hydrotherapy room for burn/wound dressing care, a pediatric playroom and rehabilitation gym. The unit cares for both adult and pediatric burn patients as well as an adult trauma population requiring intermediate monitoring care. The unit has both inpatient and outpatient (Burn Clinic) facilities. Our staff also provide burn outreach and education and annually host a Burn Camp for burn patient survivors. The American College of Surgeons designated our unit as a Level I Burn Center since 1996.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Independently obtain and record vital signs including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure

• Carry out medical asepsis when performing skills and tasks including but not limited to phlebotomy, peripheral IV removal, & Foley catheter removal and cares for patients who are medically isolated

• Perform simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as enemas, preoperative preparation of the skin, dressing changes, collecting specimens, applying binders, braces, etc

• Perform special duties as taught and directed by the nurse in charge including but not limited to phlebotomy, ECG lead/12 lead placement, and brace/pin site cares

• Assist with patient admission, transfers, and discharges

• Directly provide for patients' personal hygiene and comfort

• Turn, positions and ambulates patients

• Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies

• Feed patients, serve drinking water and nourishments, and record patients' intake

•  Assist patients with bedpans and urinals and record output

• Participate in nursing care conferences; report pertinent patient information and incidents to nurse in charge

• Provide for patient comfort measures through social interactions

• Share responsibility for preparation, proper use and care of equipment and supplies, and for neatness and cleanliness of unit

• May assemble and maintain equipment and supplies in preparation for various diagnostic or treatment procedures performed by physicians or nurse

• Clean areas per designated guidelines and standards demonstrating proper use of approved disinfectants, cleaning products, and care of the housekeeping equipment

• Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units

Percent of Time: 50% - 20 hours per week
Schedule: Rotating shifts (days, evenings, nights), every other weekend rotation and every other holiday rotation 
Location: University Campus, Iowa City, IA
Merit Pay Plan:  https://hr.uiowa.edu/pay/merit-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 pla