Certified Nursing Assistant (Career Fair)

State of Delaware • Dover, DE

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Certified Nursing Assistant provides assistance with activities of daily living to intermediate care residents with intellectual disabilities. Duties include helping residents with feeding, toileting, and ambulation; monitoring and recording vital signs; conducting safety and well-being rounds; implementing care plans; and transporting residents to activities and appointments. Stockley Center offers small resident-to-staff ratios intended to support individualized care and meaningful time with residents through active treatment.

The position also involves supporting residents’ therapeutic and personal care needs, communicating changes in their physical or behavioral condition, and contributing information to the interdisciplinary care team. The role may include mentoring or orienting newly hired or less experienced staff. A valid driver’s license is required as a condition of hire.

Requirements

• Possession of a Delaware certification as a Nursing Assistant.
• A valid driver’s license that is not suspended, revoked, cancelled, or disqualified from driving is required as a condition of hire.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• A satisfactory criminal background check is required.
• Pre-employment drug testing is required.
• A 2-Step TB/PPD test is required and will be administered on the first day at the facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with activities of daily living, including feeding, toileting, and ambulation.
• Implement care plans and support therapeutic activities, including reality orientation, sensory stimulation, range-of-motion exercises, and use of splints or braces.
• Monitor and record residents’ temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and nutritional intake and output.
• Maintain aseptic integrity of feeding, catheter, and respiratory tubes or devices while assisting with personal hygiene.
• Alert professional staff to significant physical or behavioral changes and provide oral or written descriptions of those changes.
• Observe resident activities and record or report unusual or hazardous behavior and incidents.
• Conduct periodic rounds to help ensure residents’ safety and well-being.
• Escort and assist residents traveling to social or recreational activities and medical appointments, on or off campus.
• Apply appropriate interventions to prevent or de-escalate inappropriate behaviors.
• Participate on the interdisciplinary care team by providing information about residents’ physical condition, abilities, and behavioral characteristics.
• Mentor or orient newly hired or less experienced staff and help ensure assigned work is completed.

Benefits

• Recruitment incentive of $5,000 for eligible new Certified Nursing Assistant hires, paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire beginning after the first quarter; recipients must commit to two consecutive years of employment with DHSS.
• Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to current DHSS employees who refer eligible new hires; bonuses are paid in quarterly installments over the referred applicant’s first year of hire.
• Comprehensive benefits package; details are available on the State of Delaware benefits website.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed