Nursing Office Assistant

Nursing Assistant

The Nursing Assistant supports the nursing team by assisting with care of a group of children residing in an agency-operated facility, monitoring health concerns, maintaining medical supplies, and helping to facilitate daily medical operations. The role ensures that youth receive basic health support in alignment with OCFS, DOH, and agency protocols. Work requires dealing with children with emotional problems and the employee is expected to handle all situations in a calm and effective manner. The Nursing Assistant contributes to a safe, clean, and supportive environment for all residents.

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is a human services nonprofit supporting the well-being of children, youth, families, and individuals across New York City and Long Island since 1929. Our staff of more than 500 builds well-being by providing prevention services, foster care, residential treatment care, adoption services, programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities, and medical and mental health services.

Principle Responsibilities

• Assist nurses with basic resident care including monitoring and general comfort support within scope of practice
• Support nursing workflows such as medication administration, and medical clinics including documentation preparation and youth monitoring under nursing supervision
• Maintain medical rooms, supplies, equipment, and cleanliness standards including ordering and stocking supplies and doing occasional laundry
• Escort residents to appointments, internal clinics, or external providers as needed
• Support infection control procedures and safety protocols
• Assist with documentation tasks including filing, preparing packets, and updating records under supervision
• Communicate resident concerns promptly to nursing staff
• Support health education activities and wellness routines under nursing supervision
• Respond to routine and urgent needs under direction of a nurse

Required Qualifications and Experience

• High school diploma required
• Valid NYS Driver's License in good standing
• Ability to follow instructions, maintain confidentiality, and communicate effectively with youth and other medical team members including doctors
• Basic knowledge of health and safety practices
• Upon hire, Nursing Assistants must attend and pass Little Flower sponsored TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) Training within 90 days. Failure to do so may result in termination of employment.
• Fluent English reading, writing, speaking, computer skills necessary to record observations and monitor reports
• Ability to gain and hold the confidence of the children and to maintain a sympathetic and understanding attitude towards them.
• Ability to understand and follow the laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the care and safety of children under care.
• Ability to keep routine records and to make oral and written reports.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with children or adolescents preferred

Travel Requirements

This position offers a full-time, in-person schedule and does require local travel.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement

With more than 250 years of combined experience, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York and St. John's Residence for Boys have a long-standing history of serving children, youth, adults and families of color. Our mission, vision and values are grounded in elevating the shared humanity of every staff member, community partner and those with whom we engage. We recognize that our DEIB work is continuously evolving as we strive for equity and inclusion for individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, religions and lived experiences.

Accessibility

Some job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may be designed to protect the safety and health of the employee, their fellow employees and the individuals being served and may therefore exclude some individuals.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected group status.