SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASST / ACTIVITIES - 50009024

Date: May 21, 2024

Location:

PORT CHARLOTTE, FL, US, 33954

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Requisition No: 829810

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASST / ACTIVITIES - 50009024

Position Number: 50009024

Salary: $35,360.00

Posting Closing Date: 06/30/2024

Requisition # 829810

SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT / ACTIVITIES

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans’ Nursing Home

Port Charlotte, Charlotte County

Annual Salary: $35,360.00

Paid Bi-Weekly

Shifts: Various with rotating weekends

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S. We are seeking a motivated, dynamic individual to join our team! Our skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan. Health, vision, dental, ‎disability, and other supplemental insurance available at reasonable premium rates. Paid vacation and ‎sick leave. Nine (9) paid holidays and personal day. Tuition waiver available for State Universities and ‎Community Colleges (up to 6 credits per semester).‎

Education and employment history must be verifiable. Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant in Florida.

• Must have a valid CPR card from the American Heart Association.

• Must have a valid Florida driver’s license.

• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Competent computer skills.

• Successful completion of the due diligence process to include, but not limited to, a Level II background check and drug test.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with therapeutic recreation programs and activities.

• Experience in a long-term care environment.

• High school diploma or equivalent.

  POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• The incumbent will report directly to the Activities Director (Therapy Aide Supervisor).

• Assist with developing, providing, implementation and properly documenting an ongoing program of activities designed to meet, in accordance with the comprehensive assessment, the interests and the physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident on a daily basis including personal contact with a varying resident population and a varied work schedule that may include weekends, evenings, and holidays.

• Assist with developing and implementation a program that improves or maintains physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of the resident.

• Assist with developing an activities plan for each resident.

• Responsible for the log documentation of that plan.

• Assist with nourishments and transportation to meal service areas; provide snacks within the resident’s diet plan.

• Follow established performance standards and perform duties according to policies and procedures.

• Observe all facility safety, infection control policies and procedures. Maintain confidentiality of resident.

• Responsible for the activity space and requesting of, equipment and supplies for the program, ensures they are safe and adequate for individual and/or group activities.

• Performs all other related duties in an effective, timely, professional manner as assigned. Attend all in-service programs classes as assigned and complete assignment.

• Follow Residents Rights’ policies as all times.

  This position is in the Career Service system.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

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