SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT - 50000368

Requisition No: 789540 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT - 50000368

Position Number: 50000368 

Salary:  $35,360.00 Annual 

Posting Closing Date: 03/31/2023 

SENIOR CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Baldomero Lopez State Veterans' Nursing Home

Land O' Lakes, Pasco County

Starting Annual Salary: $35,360.00

Paid Bi-weekly

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S.  We are seeking motivated, dynamic individuals!  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***

***Other Sr. CNA positions, including OPS (temporary) positions, may be filled from this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date***

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Requires valid Florida Certified Nursing Assistant certificate at the time of application.
• Basic computer skills.
• Willingness and ability to work weekends and holidays, as required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in the English Language: Reading, writing, speaking and understanding.
• Successful completion of a Level 2 background screening to include,but not limited to a drug test and finger printing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Experience working in a Long Term Care facility with a geriatric population.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

Knowledge of long-term care specific to resident rights, quality of life, quality of care, infection controls.

Ability to maintain professional etiquette when dealing with residents’ family and with staff. Ability to deal with general input and output computer functions.

Knowledge of nursing assessments.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Incumbent is responsible to provide direct Nursing care to residents on an assigned unit for the Veteran's Nursing Home of Florida and maintain a valid Florida Nursing Assistant certificate.

Provide the assistance necessary 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; mobility.

Perform restorative nursing measures.

Perform simple nursing measures such as but not limited to: applying binders, making occupied and unoccupied beds, changing linen, etc.

Respond to resident’s requests and needs. Complete required documentation.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.