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Environmental Nursing Assistant - PICU 50% (20 hours/week)

University of Iowa Health Care
Iowa City, United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Aug 2026

About the role

Environmental Nursing Assistant - PICU 50% (20 hours/week) - (26004508)

Description

 

 

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Nursing Assistant to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager. 

 
Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
  • Clean equipment, patient bedside area and nursing unit
  • Set up rooms for patient admission
  • Stock and supply patient rooms and Nursing unit
  • 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

     

  • Enter daily patient record charting in computer

     

  • Transport patients by bed, cart or wheelchair
  • Transport equipment, specimens and supplies
  • Perform basic CPR as required
  • Maintain patient confidentiality
 
 
Percent of Time: 50%
Schedule: 20 hours per week, evening and night shifts,  holiday rotation per unit guidelines
Location: Stead Family Children’s Hospital (SFCH)
Rotations: Weekend and Holiday rotation per unit guidelines
 
 
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
  • For more information about Why Iowa?, click here
 

Qualifications

 

Minimum Eligibility Qualifications:

  • Ability to read, write and follow instructions

 

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 Nursing Recruitment at 319-356-2285.

Please upload a resume with your submission

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check. Please upload a resume as part of your application.

References:

  • Five professional references will be requested and required at a later step in the recruitment process
 

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