DSHS YVS Certified Nursing Assistant

DSHS YVS Certified Nursing Assistant

Do you identify yourself as a highly motivated Certified Nursing Assistant who enjoys assisting others? Do you like a team approach to making a difference in the quality of life for others? Flexible and willing to work with individuals with intellectual disabilities? Want to share your creativity, enthusiasm, and ideas in a home-like setting?

Not an NACwe will train you! If you have a passion for working in the healthcare field and supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, we offer a Nursing Assistant Certification Program as a full-time employee. We are currently hiring and training staff to become part of our NAC team! At Yakima Valley School, these positions are under the title, Attendant Counselor, and function as an NAC.

We have career opportunities for full-time non-permanent and on-call Certified Nursing Assistants at Yakima Valley School. You'll interact with clients in a residential living atmosphere, providing care and engaging in therapeutic activities on and off campus. You'll partner with residents and their family members, providing choices in all areas of their lives.

Opportunities performed on-site at this work location at least three days a week may be eligible for an additional 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary. Evening and Night shifts include a shift differential in addition to the standard compensation rate.

Some of what you'll do :

• Actively participate in the daily lives of the clients and residents we care for
• Provide direct care and active engagement designed to maximize independent living skills
• Teach and assist residents with personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, leisure skills, community awareness, safety, and routine household responsibilities
• Participate in activities of daily living, physical, social, and habilitative skill development while providing choices for self-determination to the best of the resident's abilities
• Transport and escort residents to and from various recreational activities and health appointments
• Aid in the implementation of Health Services Orders supporting residents through a planned daily schedule of learning new skills, becoming more independent, maintaining their health, and overall functioning, improving social behaviors, and attending work and school
• Provide personal care for both genders
• Provide safe and protective interventions in the presence of challenging behaviors
• Observe, document, and report physical, medical, and behavioral changes in residents Assist with medical and behavioral emergencies, providing health, safety, security, and protection from abuse and or neglect

What we are looking for :

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) who like to have fun and engage in resident's daily activities

Or, Registered Nursing Assistants with a Certificate of Completion and eligible to test for certification and One year of related experience or high school completion or equivalent

Or, Individuals who are interested in full-time employment while becoming a Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) under the current CFR 483.35 (d), 1135 Waiver

A successful hire will be offered a starting salary within the range of $21.26 - $25.84 hourly

Interested? Submit an application.

Not sure if this is for you? We want to hear from you. Come meet us in person at 609 Speyer's Road, Selah WA; check us out on the web and email katrina.bowden@dshs.wa.gov or brandy.olney@dshs.wa.gov. Click here to check out the list of nursing assistant training programs approved by the Nursing Commission.

Questions? Email Georgina.Pringle@dshs.wa.gov or call the main Talent Acquisition line at 360-725-5810 and reference 03683.

The Department of Social and Health Services' (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency's vision that you bring an equity, anti-racism, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to create greater access and affirming representation of the communities we serve, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.