Job Detail Job Title:

Nurse Aide (Per Diem)

Department:

81005-

Float Pool Location:

Farmington FTE%: 0.1 Shift 2/3 Search #: 2027-318

Closing Date:

09/03/2026

Recruiter:

McNamara, Elizabeth At UConn Health, this class is accountable for rendering bedside care to the physically or chronically ill in cases where the services of a registered or licensed practical nurse is not required. This position will work in the inpatient Float Pool and will be located in the UConn Health University Tower in Farmington, CT.

THIS IS A PER DIEM POSITION WITH NO BENEIFTS BASE HOURLY RATE

$28.31, plus the below.

Fringe Benefit Rate:

37% of Base Pay Hourly Rate Shift Differential 15% of

Base Pay Hourly Rate Weekend Differential:

15% of

Base Pay Hourly Rate Premium Holiday Hourly Rate:

$50% of Base Pay Hourly Rate

SCHEDULE

Per Diem as needed on evening an night shifts

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

Considerable interpersonal skills; ability to work with basic principles of nursing including infection control practices; ability to deal with physically and chronically ill; ability to learn safety and fire procedures.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Current certification as a Nurse's Aide and must be registeed with State of CT DPH Nurse aide Registery.

PREFERRD QUALIFICATIONS

In patient hospital acute care Nurse Aide experience

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the close supervision of a nurse of higher grade; works more independently with acquired experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift patients and perform other physically tiring work, have some exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and strongly disagreeable conditions and to risk of injury from assaultive patients.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Assists doctors and nurses in general care and wellbeing of patients Positions, transfers moves and lifts patients May feed bathe and massage clients as well as respond to their general needs Takes and records temperatures, pulses and respirations Observes patients and reports unusual symptoms and/or behavior Ensures that restraints are correctly applied Tests urine samples for sugar Collects specimens Keeps bedpans and related equipment clean Maintains unit environment for safety of patient Transports patients, specimens and related patient items May order supplies Performs related duties as required

WHY UCONN HEALTH

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.