Nursing Assistant Job Opening

Brandywine Living, a premier provider of quality senior living, is currently seeking Full Time and Part Time Nursing Assistants to join our team in Selbyville, DE. Our vision is to provide our residents with the highest quality care in the most appropriate setting based on an individual's needs while respecting their individuality, independence and dignity.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Provide individualized attention, which encourages each resident's ability to maintain or attain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• Knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for residents and provide support to the resident according to the care plan. Contribute to the care planning process by providing the charge nurse or other care planning staff with specific information and observations of the residents' needs and preferences.
• Attend to the individual needs of residents which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individuals' care requirements.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, neat, and clean environment; report environmental deficiencies to the charge nurse such as lighting or equipment problems.
• Provide care that maintains each resident's skin integrity to prevent pressure ulcers, skin tears, and other damage by changing incontinent residents, turning, repositioning immobile residents, and applying moisturizers to fragile skin, etc.
• Perform various tasks assigned by the charge nurse including vital signs, residents' weights, applying creams/ointments, collecting specimens, etc.
• Lift, move, and transport residents, using proper body mechanics or lifting devices for accident prevention.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma required
• Must complete competency training
• Minimum 1 year experience in assisted living or long-term care preferred
• Knowledge of diets and dietary procedures required

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• long term care/Assisted Living: 1 year (Preferred)