Certified Nursing Assistant

Brooklyn

Full time

R025716

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Program

• Bay Ridge IRA 2

Location

• Bay Ridge IRA #2

Schedule (Full time, evening)

• Tuesday through Saturday; 3:00pm - 11:00pm

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Ensures health, wellness and safety by providing appropriate supervision of the people we support and by managing crisis situations while adhering to policies, procedures and regulations.

• Maintains a clean, safe and organized therapeutic environment.

• Ensures person-centered, individualized plans are implemented and assists with a variety of tasks for people we support, as appropriate/authorized, including:

• Providing personal care and assisting with activities of daily living (ADLs) including intimate care and personal hygiene (e.g. bathing, dressing, and toileting), laundry and housekeeping

• Ensuring that medication is administered as prescribed, in accordance with applicable guidelines

• Teaching/developing skills

• Supporting person-centered advocacy with the individuals

• Assisting in communication, self-expression and resolving disputes amongst individuals

• Facilitating ethical decision making

• Providing supervision for and/or planning and preparing balanced meals and snacks for people we support in accordance with dietary restrictions and guidelines of specific individuals including for modified diets or liquid consistencies.

• Transporting and escorting individuals on recreational activities, medical appointments, home visits etc.

• Assisting people with making purchases, as well as safeguarding personal allowance funds and any additional funds provided

• Under supervision of the Registered Nurse (RN) and/or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with appropriate training, regularly provides additional supports for individuals with complex medical needs as indicated in individuals’ Life, Behavior Support and/or Plans of Nursing Service (PONS) including, but not limited to:

• Assisting with transfers, turns, and lifts, to or from bed, wheelchair, prescribed equipment (e.g. Hoyer lifts), or agency vehicle using the appropriate body mechanics and/or safe person handling procedures.

• Gathering/stocking medical supplies

• Measuring and documenting food and liquid intake and/or urinary and fecal output and reporting changes to medical providers or nursing staff

• Checking vital signs (e.g. temperature, blood pressure, heart rate)

• Scheduling/following up on appointments in coordination with Health Care Specialist and appropriate nursing staff

• Performing catheter care

• Assisting with the care of ostomies (e.g. colostomy and ileostomy)

• Providing enteral nutrition (e.g. tube feedings)

• Taking care of wounds as per medical provider’s orders

• Cleans rooms and bed linens and handles/disposes of sharps, bodily waste and/or fluids as per OSHA guidelines and Exposure Control Plan to support and maintain a clean and safe environment.

• Collects, records, and summarizes data on individuals’ observable behavior.

• Observes and reports any changes in behavior, or other signs and symptoms, to clinical and/or leadership team.

• Completes and maintains all necessary trainings and certifications, including specialized trainings based on program and position to ensure compliance with YAI policies and all applicable rules or regulations and applies skills. Reviews communication logs daily and makes entries of events, progress notes, services and/or information; collects and enters data as part of daily operations using an electronic health record.

• Reviews and completes all other required paperwork and documentation to ensure compliance and/or billing, completely and accurately and within appropriate timeframes (e.g., notifications, logging, incident reports, update files, maintenance requests, phone calls, and tracking of incidents).

• Uses foundational teaching skills (EMOE, task analysis, essential skills, supports and modifications, etc.) and progressive teaching.

• Performs any additional duties of a Direct Support Professional – DSP 1 as required and meets and demonstrates OPWDD Core Competencies.

• Complies with all Federal, State, Local and other relevant regulatory agency requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.)

• Current/active certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in the State of New York; and

• Effective written and oral communication skills including the ability to appropriately document services provided for billing and tracking purposes.

• Ability to meet essential physical demands of position, including frequent walking, sitting, standing, bending, twisting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling and reaching with hands and arms; use hands to handle, finger or feel objects, tools or controls; assisting with lifting/moving individuals of any weight with or assistance of mechanical lifts or other equipment and/or pushing individuals in wheelchairs; lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds on occasion; having the physical capacity to work with and implement emergency interventions as per the person’s Behavior Support Plan if/as needed, including/moving individuals of any weight with or without assistance of equipment and/or other staff.

• Ability and willingness to assist with a variety of medical interventions and supports as requested, including regular exposure to and handling of various bodily fluids.

• Must hold or obtain and maintain Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention revised (SCIP-R), Approved Medication Administration Personnel (AMAP), Medical Immobilization Protective Stabilization (MIPS), CPR and First Aid certifications within one year of appointment.

• Must hold or obtain and maintain other certifications as required by program assignment and persons supported (e.g. Diabetes Care, Tube Feeding, Catheterization, Colostomy, etc.).

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Compensation

• $21.05/hour - $21.09/hour

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.

Our Roots

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To ensure fairness, safeguard transparency, and promote an equitable workforce environment, YAI Network prohibits the practice of nepotism in the workforce and hiring process.