SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT

Senior Certified Nursing Assistant - 50008056

This is an Internal Agency Advertisement for the Senior Certified Nursing Assistant position at the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs Clifford C. Sims State Veterans' Nursing Home in Panama City, Bay County. The annual salary is $37,420.76 paid bi-weekly. Eligible candidates for 2nd or 3rd shifts receive a.50¢ per hour shift differential. Benefits include an excellent retirement package, optional deferred compensation plan, health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance, paid vacation and sick leave, nine paid holidays and a personal day, and a tuition waiver for State Universities and Community Colleges (up to 6 credits per semester).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Employed by the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
• Current Florida Certified Nursing Assistant License or completed a training program and awaiting a test date
• Willing and able to work weekends, evenings, and holidays
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate effectively in English: reading, writing, speaking, and understanding
• Basic computer skills
• Successful completion of the due diligence process including a Level II background check and drug test

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in long-term care or 120 bed skilled nursing facility
• High school diploma or GED

Position Description:

The incumbent for the Senior Certified Nursing Assistant (SCNA) position is responsible for providing direct nursing care to residents of the State Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida, under the supervision of a licensed nurse, in accordance with facility policies and procedures. The SCNA will assist with all aspects of resident care as assigned by the shift supervisor, including activities of daily living, ambulation, and mobility in the facility. The SCNA will respond promptly and courteously when answering call lights, observe, identify, and report resident concerns or needs to the shift supervisor, complete assignments timely, completely, accurately and in a cooperative manner, follow established performance standards and perform duties according to nursing service and FDVA policies and procedures. The SCNA will provide the necessary assistance when giving residents the following activities of daily living nursing care: oral hygiene, bathing, dressing, and grooming, hair, and nail care, shaving, toileting, eating and drinking, and mobility. The SCNA will assist as needed with related functions to, for, and with residents to include activities such as escorting to meals, assisting with laundry, and assisting with participation in activities. The SCNA will perform restorative measures such as obtaining and recording vital signs/weights, and assistance with self-administration of medications. The SCNA will document services provided within facility software/databases, consistently work cooperatively and respectfully with residents, family or resident representatives, facility staff, physicians, ARNP's, consultants and ancillary service providers, follow Residents Rights policies at all times, maintain confidentiality of resident information, transport and/or escort residents to appointments as assigned, assist with monitoring and accountability of residents to enable medical personnel to accomplish health related tasks, attend all in-service programs, training classes, and domiciliary meetings, assume responsibility and accountability for information contained in the Employee Handbook, observe all facility safety, infection control and quality improvement, HIPPA policies and procedures, and internal quality improvement processes, and perform other related duties as required.