Certified Nurse Aide I

Job Title: Certified Nurse Aide

Location: Vineland, NJ 08360

Duration: 6 months with possible extension

Shift: 2x8-Hour 6:30 AM - 3:00 PM, 2:30 PM -11:00 PM & 10:30 PM - 7:00 AM

Roles & Responsibilities:

• May assist residents throughout admission, treatment, discharge, and community adjustment.
• May assist in providing and maintaining a therapeutic environment for residents either in a ward or in a cottage.
• Helps residents establish goals for social activities, family interventions, and peer relationships.
• May assist residents in writing letters, planning telephone calls, or with other personal matters in accord with established policy.
• Participates in continuous resident education programs with particular emphasis on self-help and whenever possible social development within the resident's treatment plan.
• Helps residents plan activities and appointments (doctor, dentist, clinics, and so forth).
• May be required to transport and/or escort residents to locations within or outside the facility as assigned and remains with residents when indicated.
• May assist residents to become familiar with community services and resources (transportation, library, adult school, and so forth).
• May assist with formal groups in reality orientation, remotivation, and behavior modification.
• Participates in individual and/or group activities with residents and encourages communication during this activity.
• May assist residents with and teaches them activities of daily living, and performs components of these activities when the resident is unable to do so.
• Bathes and/or assists residents with bathing and recognizes and reports any unusual conditions observed while assisting with or bathing resident.
• May assist residents with dressing and grooming.
• May assist residents with meals in dining area or in unit and assists them in eating when required.
• Encourages socialization at mealtime and intervenes when behavior becomes inappropriate.
• Participates in household activities in cottage/ward such as cooking, cleaning, and shopping.
• Teaches housekeeping skills to residents and performs basic housekeeping duties to ensure cleanliness of the residents' living quarters.
• Collects and bags soiled linen and stores clean linen.
• May assist with and provide recreational activities designed to meet the needs of the individual resident.
• Attends in-service education sessions to become more proficient in on-the-job skills.
• Communicates using interpersonal skills necessary in assisting residents and all other members of the treatment team to perform in a harmonious manner.
• Greets and assists visitors with inquiries which do not require professional judgment and/or evaluation and refers all other inquiries to the appropriate treatment team member.
• Practices the principles of fire safety, participates in fire and disaster drills, and properly transmits a fire alarm when required.
• Makes regular tours of the unit to check fire equipment and other safety factors, recognizes actual and potential safety hazards, and takes corrective action and/or reports condition to the designated person in charge.
• Renders basic first aid and emergency care to residents when necessary using principles taught in the program.
• Lifts and/or moves residents as required.
• Provides medical supplies and equipment for assigned wards, rooms, and buildings.
• May assist with search for missing residents.
• Submits written reports whenever accidents or incidents occur, and prepares and submits other required reports and records.
• Organizes assigned work and develops effective work methods.
• Performs related direct care work as assigned.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

• NJ State License.
• Flu shot.
• TB test.
• BLS Certificate.
• Covid Card.