Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nursing Assistant

Are you interested in looking for an opportunity to further your experience in the behavior health field? Are you looking for a supportive environment that offers you the ability to make a significant impact on people's lives?

Being a Certified Nursing Assistant at Devereux has its Advantages

You will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• Best available, highest quality, low-cost benefit options
• On-going training opportunities
• Performance evaluations with ongoing coaching conversations
• A collaborative team environment
• National non-profit employer that offers a strong support system and is forward-thinking in their clinical practice and research

Starting pay: $20/hr. Additional $ for years of experience.

Responsibilities

As a CNA you will work as part of a healthcare team to provide quality nursing care to individuals served. Devereux has deep roots in the field supporting individuals with behavioral and mental health challenges, and offers excellent opportunities for field and professional training and experience to its employees. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist our Nursing staff with various tasks such as checking vital signs, collecting specimen, escorting individuals to their units, administrative tasks, maintaining records, and providing treatment under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
• Assist with training new CNAs, in addition to crisis intervention (deescalating and restraining as needed).
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with individuals served, visitors, families, peers, supervisors, and medical personnel.
• Knowledgeable of individualized care plans and provides support according to the individual's care plan.

Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent, graduate of an approved CNA program, and valid certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant in GA.

Experience: Minimum of one year experience as a certified nursing assistant is preferred.

Other Qualifications

• Must have flexible availability between 6:30am-9pm! Must have weekend and holiday availability.
• Valid Driver's License and Satisfactory Drug Screen and Background Check results.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong technical skills and comfortable utilizing in-house computer applications for documenting and reporting purposes.
• Must be able to complete a two-week, paid new hire orientation class; hours are approximately 8:30am to 5:30pm daily (lunch is included).

The IDEAL candidate will...

Be empathetic, a team player, energetic, creative, understand the theories of behavior management and positive reinforcement, and represent yourself as a positive role model; have a strong passion for working with and helping children and adolescents with behavioral differences. Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nation's largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10,000+ children, adults and their families every year.

Our Mission

Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences. With nearly 6,500 employees working in programs across the country, Devereux is a trusted partner for families, schools and communities, serving individuals in the areas of autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, specialty mental health, education and foster care.

Our Culture, Our Expectations

At Devereux, Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven, people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve, and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work, and our team environment creates an empowering, positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux, you will: put the needs of others first, feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team, you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services, and within all policies and employee practices. We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces, we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person, one family, one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary, Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees, family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of employment. In addition, we offer:

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit, and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

Devereux is a drug-free workplace, drug screening required. EOE