Overview:
At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

THE NEW YORK FOUNDLING IS COMMITTED TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING A DIVERSE EMPLOYEE POPULATION, THE FOUNDLING WILL HONOR YOUR EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES AND UNIQUE IDENTITY. TOGETHER, OUR COMMUNITY STRIVES TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN WORKING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE AND WELCOMING.

Qualifications:

• Related college coursework in areas of nursing, health sciences, or medical preferred.
• 2+ years of working in a healthcare field
• CNA Preferred

Other Requirements:

• NADSP Certification must be obtained within the probationary period of employment and maintained annually thereafter.
• AMAP, SCIP, CPR, and First Aid Certifications preferred. Valid NY, PA, CT and NJ Driver’s License with 6 or less points
• Experience working with adults that have developmental disabilities.

Education Required: High School / G.E.D. Salary Range:: $21.00/Hour; $22.05/Hour with Associate’s Degree; $23.10/Hour with Bachelor’s or Higher Degre

• Assist with personal hygiene. Provide person with help with baths, shampoos and showers.
• Perform and/or assists persons with simple treatments such as: Sitz bath, binder application, remove and reapplication of Sequential Compression Device wraps, bandage application, soaking to limbs, simple dressing changes (normal saline), pressure ulcer care (normal saline, hydrocolloid dressing.), colostomy care on established colostomy patients, application of ointments and creams, including medicated topicals, as directed by the RN.
• Administers gastrostomy and jejunostomy feeds, including verifying feeding rates, changing bags, check for residuals, establishing patency and placement of feeding tube prior to feeding and recognizing and reporting deviation from normal.
• Assemble oxygen and suction set-ups
• Supporting people who may have one of the following High Medical Needs:
• multiple chronic diseases
• wound care
• colostomy care
• Frequent medical hospitalizations
• oxygen
• g-tube
• multiple/frequent medical appointments and/or multiple medications (number of meds per med pass)
• Alzheimer’s disease and/or a diagnosis of dementia
• requiring daily transfer
• age 65+ to age in place