Patient Care Technician - Respiratory Specialty & Palliative Care Unit (7JCP) - 50% - Nights

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Patient Care Technician - Respiratory Specialty & Palliative Care Unit (7JCP) - 50% - Nights - ( 26003090 ) Description 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.® University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Patient Care Technician to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Carries 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 Performs simple diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as enemas, preoperative preparation of the skin, dressing changes, collecting specimens, applying binders, braces, etc Performs special du...