Patient Care Technicians and Nursing Assistants Careers
Our patient care technicians (PCT) and nursing assistants (NA) play an important role in changing medicine and changing lives every day.
As an PCT or NA, you will work with other health care team members in a fast-paced environment—providing the highest-quality care using the most up-to-date technologies and techniques.
And, as part of an academic medical center, you’ll help support the latest research and medical advancements, shaping the future of health care in your community, across Iowa, and beyond.
Why consider a career with UI Health Care?
As a nursing assistant or patient care technician with UI Health Care, you’ll:
- Care for a diverse patient population at different stages of their health care journey
- Gain valuable experience and knowledge that will help patients and strengthen your career
- Benefit from flexible scheduling options, including evening and weekend hours, to fit your life
- Have opportunities for professional development and certifications to advance your career
- Be a part of a five-time Magnet®-designated hospital that demonstrates nursing excellence
- Have the opportunity to participate in shared governance and play a part in departmental decision-making
- Establish relationships with patients and families
- Take vital health measurements such as temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
- Perform routine tests and procedures
- Assist with patients’ activities of daily living such as bathing, feeding, and dressing
- Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies
- Maintain safe and clean physical surroundings
- Report urgent situations to appropriate team members
- Document medical information for the patient’s electronic health record
- Establish relationships with patients and families
- Document medical information in the patient’s electronic health record
- Support the delivery of care by various team members
- Assist with patients’ activities of daily living such as bathing, feeding, and dressing
- Maintain safe and clean physical surroundings
- Report urgent situations to appropriate team members
- Safely transport patients between care areas
- Transport equipment, specimens, and supplies
- Stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units
As a unit partner, you help both nurses and patient care technicians provide safe, quality care by completing tasks such as performing patient observation, assisting with meal set up, turning/boosting patients, providing companionship during mealtimes and distraction activities, and preparing patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Join our team
UI Health Care welcomes dedicated health care professionals to join our team. Don’t wait—apply today to launch a meaningful career at Iowa’s top medical center.
Why work at UI Health Care
UI Health Care is consistently recognized as being among the best health care systems in the United States, and we are Iowa's only comprehensive, tertiary- and quaternary-level center. UI Health Care offers a collaborative, interprofessional work environment dedicated to safe, high quality patient care utilizing state of the art technology.
Ready to Apply?
Fill out an application today and see how changing medicine and changing lives can change yours, too.