Student opportunities with UI Health Care

As a patient care technician, you play a crucial role in delivering safe, high-quality care. You establish relationships with patients and families, document medical information, take basic vital health measurements, perform routine tests and procedures, assist with patients’ daily activities, safely transport patients, and maintain safe and clean physical surroundings.

As a nursing assistant, you support the delivery of safe, high-quality care by establishing relationships with patients and families. You document medical information, assist with patients’ daily activities, safely transport patients, transport equipment, specimens, and supplies, stock and supply patient rooms and nursing units, and maintain safe and clean physical surroundings.

As a unit partner, you help nurses, nursing assistants, and patient care technicians provide safe, high-quality care by completing tasks such as performing patient observations, assisting with meal setup, turning/boosting patients, providing companionship during mealtimes and offering distraction activities, and preparing patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.

Unit assistants help create a safe environment for patients by providing one-on-one observation for patients at high-risk of self-harm. You also perform routine tasks for the unit such as assisting with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges; setting up, tearing down, and cleaning patient rooms; and stocking supplies for patient rooms and nursing areas.

As a phlebotomy technician, you’ll perform morning lab draws for patients. Shifts are flexible, with many offerings during the 4 a.m. to noon timeframe.

As a nursing unit clerk, you’ll perform clerical duties for the patient care area, support day-to-day area operations, and assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.