Certified Nursing Assistant

Introduction

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This is nursing/therapeutic support work implementing treatment plans developed by professional staff. Work typically involves caring for one or more clients, patients or residents experiencing acute or chronic disabilities, including physical, mental and developmental disorders.

Essential functions are fundamental, core functions common to all positions in the class series and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties for any one position in the class. Since class specifications are descriptive and not restrictive, incumbents can complete job duties of similar kind not specifically listed here.

• Provide mentoring/orientation for newly hired or less experienced staff, ensuring assignments are completed.
• Lead individual or group therapeutic processes/discussions involving reality orientation, sensory stimulation, range‑of‑motion exercise, and application of splints or braces.
• Participate on an interdisciplinary care team, providing information about the individual’s overall physical condition, abilities, and behavioral characteristics.
• Ensure aseptic integrity of feeding, catheter, and respiratory tubes/devices while assisting the individual with personal hygiene.
• Monitor and record temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, and nutritional intake/output. Alert professional staff to significant physical or behavioral changes or irregularities.
• Provide oral or written descriptions of the individual’s physical or behavioral changes.
• Observe client, patient or resident activities, recording or reporting unusual or hazardous behavior. Conduct periodic rounds to ensure the safety and well‑being of clients, patients and residents, and provide written or oral reports describing unusual incidents.
• Escort individuals or be responsible for their traveling to social or recreational activities and medical appointments on or off campus.
• Apply appropriate interventions to prevent or de‑escalate inappropriate behaviors.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Certified Nursing Assistant. Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

• Possession of a Delaware certification as a Nursing Assistant or eligibility for a Delaware certification.

This is a Casual/Seasonal position which is a non‑pension‑eligible position without healthcare and/or other benefits.

All new hires are required to attend an in‑person, statewide mandatory New Employee Orientation on their first day of employment. The session will be held at a designated location in either Kent or New Castle County. Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre‑employment drug testing as part of the hiring process. A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire;

the recruiting agency may require the applicant to pay for the criminal background check as part of the conditional offer of hire. This position is classified under an exclusive bargaining representative (labor organization) elected by employees for collective bargaining. It is covered by a collective bargaining agreement based on its individual terms. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

The State of Delaware Executive Branch participates in the Federal E‑Verify system, which requires form I‑9 verification. For more information refer to our job seeker resources.

The application and supplemental questionnaire are evaluated based on a rating of your education, training…