Certified Nursing Assistant (NURSING CAREER FAIR)
About The Position
This position, under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, provides assistance with activities of daily living to intermediate care residents with intellectual disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with feeding, toileting, and ambulation; monitoring and recording resident vitals; conducting rounds to ensure the safety and well-being of residents; plan implementation; transporting residents as needed to activities and special appointments; and other related duties. Stockley Center provides small resident/staff ratios for more individualized care for our residents. Small ratios allow meaningful time spent with residents through active treatment, focusing on making every day a great day.
Requirements
- Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:
- Possession of a Delaware certification as a Nursing Assistant or eligibility for a Delaware certification.
- As a condition of hire you must possess a valid driver's license (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from driving).
Responsibilities
- Provides mentoring/orientation for newly hired/less experienced staff ensuring assignments are completed.
- Leads individual/group therapeutic processes/discussions involving reality orientation, sensory stimulation, range of motion exercise, and application of splints/braces.
- Participates on interdisciplinary care team providing information about the individual's overall physical condition, abilities, and behavioral characteristics.
- Ensures aseptic integrity of feeding, catheter, and respiratory tubes/devices while assisting individual with personal hygiene.
- Monitors/records temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, nutritional intake/output.
- Alerts professional staff to significant physical/behavioral changes/irregularities.
- Provides oral/written description of individual's physical/behavioral change.
- Observes client/patient/resident activities, recording/reporting unusual/hazardous behavior.
- Conducts periodic rounds to ensure safety/well being of clients/patients/residents.
- Provides written/oral reports to describe unusual incidents.
- Escorts/is responsible for individuals' traveling to social/recreational activities and medical appointments on/off campus.
- Applies appropriate interventions to prevent or de-escalate inappropriate behaviors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
