Employment & Volunteer Opportunities

Full-time

Rate: $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Job Summary:

As an Activities Assistant you will work with the activities department providing fun, healthy activities to stimulate and entertain the residents at NEHD. This will include assisting in the sunroom and group outings and providing some individual assistance. Help provide interest and direction in tasks. American Sign language is needed for communicating with residents. ASL classes are provided onsite.

What you’ll be doing:

• Create and facilitate activities for residents.
• Invite and encourage residents to attend and participate in activities.
• Explain time, place and nature of activities as needed.
• Offer activity materials for residents to peruse activities/interests in/out of room as desired.
• Assist residents with activities as needed.
• Properly document each resident’s daily activity participation in the appropriate logs.
• Provide appropriate group and one-on-one activities for all residents.
• Provide reminders to residents who have who have signed up for in-house activity services.
• Assist in the transport of residents to activity location.
• Copy and distribute activities schedule to residents.
• Set up activity areas.
• Participate in offsite resident activities.
• Attend outdoor events with residents on and off property.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• An attitude of respect and compassion towards all residents and staff.
• Willingness to work every other weekend.
• Ability to maintain a calm demeanor during excitable or emergency situations.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

Full-time or part-time

Rate: $15.00 depending on experience

Job Summary:

As a Dietary Aide you will provide nutritious meals for our resident Deaf and Deafblind residents in our long-term care nursing facility. You will assist in the food preparation, setting tables and sanitation of dishes. Helping to provide a safe healthy environment and excellent customer service, with clear understanding of sanitary procedures.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assist cooking staff with food preparation.
• Set tables and serve meals to residents.
• Rinse, scrape dishes immediately after use.
• Use 3-step dishwashing procedures as posted.
• Stack dishes/cups/glasses in dishwasher.
• Put away dishes.
• Wipe off all stainless-steel surfaces.
• Sweep dish room and wet mop entire kitchen.
• Deposit dishcloth and aprons in laundry room basket.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Clear understanding of sanitary codes.
• Knowledge of safety procedures.
• Ability to perform tasks as directed.

What you’ll need

• Clear understanding of sanitary codes.
• Knowledge of safety procedures.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

Part-time, flexible hours

Rate: $27.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Overview:

The Human Resources Coordinator will develop, establish, implement and deliver sound personnel policies in accordance with facility guidelines, applicable governmental and agency regulations, and applicable healthcare standards and regulations for the following areas:

• Recruitment and retention
• Benefits administration
• Employee relations
• Compensation
• Personnel records
• Affirmative action, conflict resolution
• Employee orientation

Responsibilities:

• Conduct necessary personnel advertising, recruitment, selection, placement and orientation, including explanations of benefits.
• Receive, review and transmit resumes and/or applications to applicable department managers.
• Conduct CORI checks and work eligibilities, extend employment offers and rejections.
• Set up, maintain and periodically purge individual personnel files and records. Ensure confidentiality of information.
• Maintain and update job descriptions files and performance management records.
• Coordinate with Staff Development on employee training.
• Administer facility’s benefits programs, including employees’ enrollment and dis-enrollment in all benefit programs such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Delta Dental, STD, LTD, Life, and 403B as well as AFLAC Supplemental insurances.
• Process all Workers’ Compensation and disability claims.
• Process performance reviews and appraisals noting in the payroll system, any rate changes.
• Maintain and post OSHA log, job postings, government and other notices.
• Report COBRA participants to third-party vendor.
• Process all unemployment claims and process unemployment reports.
• Maintain affirmative action plans and programs.
• Respond to outside inquiries regarding organization personnel.
• Maintain contacts to keep abreast of developments within field or areas of interest or expertise.
• Ensure that all required records, reports, documents and other data are prepared and maintained.
• Perform other duties and activities as necessary to accomplish position objectives in an effective and efficient manner, or as directed by Executive Director.
• Train all employees on timecard system use.
• Maintain employee badging system.
• Participate in developing the long and short-range human resources goals and objectives of the organization.

Other:

• Complete miscellaneous tasks and generate reports as requested by Executive and Finance Directors.
• Participate in weekly and other periodic department-head meetings.
• Attend all in-service as designated by the facility.
• Participate in any ASL and Deaf/Deafblind culture workshops.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

New Grads welcome to apply!

Full-time, part-time, per-diem

Rate: $30.00- $38.00 per hour depending on experience

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Qualifications:

• Must be a licensed RN or LPN, in good standing, in the state of Massachusetts.
• At least one year experience in Level II long-term care, CPR certification.
• Must be aware of DPH regulations governing such care.
• Must always adhere to nursing code of ethics.

Staff Nurse Responsibilities:

• Complies with all procedures and policies as developed by Director of Nursing Services.
• Assesses, administers medications and treatments on short term patients and/or long-term residents as assigned.
• Provides guidance and support, including helping with difficult transfers, lending a helping hand, and completing physical tasks with residents as needed, e.g., feeding, bathing, toileting, etc.
• Delegation and supervision of ancillary staff to ensure assigned tasks are completed.
• Always ensuring the highest possible quality of care.
• Is a problem solver and resident advocate.
• Precept new staff members.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

General Responsibilities and Knowledge Requirements:

• Rotational weekend requirements.
• Communicate effectively, establish effective working relationships with co-workers, medical staff, residents, family members, visitors, and the public.
• Function independently, be flexible, and work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Ability to work with computer programs (i.e., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel) effectively.
• Perform physical tasks associated with resident care, such as lifting residents into/out of beds.
• Nursing and medical practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines that govern long-term care.
• Principles and practices of teaching
• Observe the quality and appropriateness of the care and treatment provided by the nursing staff and direct care staff. Be able to provide re-education as needed based on observations in collaboration with Director of Nursing and Unit Managers.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

Full-time, part-time, per diem

Rate: $30.00-$38.00 per hour

Benefits include:

• Shift differential pay.
• Bonus pay when applicable.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance. LTD, STD, Pet insurance, and 403B.
• Opportunity to work for a small non-for-profit organization that serves a specialized population and promotes career development.
• American Sign Language (ASL) classes are provided on-site, free of charge.

Job Summary:

As an RN/LPN you will provide excellent care to our Deaf and Deafblind residents in our long-term care, nursing facility.

Job Duties:

• Comply with all procedures and policies as developed by the Director of Nursing Services.
• Assess and administer medications and treatments to assigned residents.
• Comply with all safe medication practices.
• Ensure the highest possible quality of care always.
• Maintain a respectful, courteous, professional, and supportive attitude of supervisors as well as those being supervised.
• Be a problem solver and resident advocate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Rotational weekend and holiday requirements.

Qualifications:

• Must be a licensed RN/LPN in good standing in the state of Massachusetts.
• Knowledge of American Sign Language and Deaf culture is a plus.
• CPR certification.
• Must always adhere to nursing code of ethics.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

Full-time, part-time, per-diem

Rate: $17.00-$22.00 per hour depending on experience.

Benefits include:

• Shift differential pay.
• Bonus pay when applicable.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance. LTD, STD, Pet insurance, and 403B.
• Opportunity to work for a small non-for-profit organization that serves a specialized population and promotes career development.
• American Sign Language (ASL) classes are provided on-site, free of charge.
• Great opportunity to learn and grow with organization.

Responsibilities:

• Complies with all procedures as established by the Director of Nursing.
• Responsible for and assists with general personal care of residents including: shower or bath, shampoo, and skin care, oral hygiene – denture and mouth care, foot care, whirlpool baths, incontinency – empty, clean catheters, change diapers, change and rinse colostomy bags, other care as necessary.
• Assists with any physical or emotional therapy as indicated by an appropriate therapist.
• Assists in transporting residents to activities or appointments when necessary.
• Assists residents, Diet Aids and Cook in dining room.
• Assists the residents in keeping their room clean and safe.
• Laundry duties.

Qualifications:

• Good understanding of body mechanics in transferring residents. Will be required to pass training on transference techniques.
• Ability to stay calm in excitable or emergency situations, communicate clearly and work in a team environment.
• Knowledge of American Sign Language a plus.
• Related prior experience helpful. However, “on the job” training will be provided to suit our special requirements.
• Must have graduated from an accredited Certified Nursing Aid Program with an active CNA certification. NEHD also offers a CNA course sponsorship program if not currently certified.
• Willing to work weekends.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.

We will pay for your CNA certification!

Full-time: 8-hour shifts, all shifts available.

Rate: $15.50 – $17.00 per hour depending on experience

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Job Summary:

As a PCA/HHA you will provide excellent care to our residents of our facility. You will assist the staff as instructed, by providing basic care to residents in the form of Activities of Daily Living and promoting the health and well-being of residents.

As a CNA you will assist the nursing staff as instructed by the Charge Nurse providing basic care. Transporting residents, activities of daily living, assist residents with activities and dietary needs.

What you’ll be doing as HHA:

• Completes appropriate paperwork as instructed by the Charge Nurse
• Assists with any physical or emotional therapy as indicated by appropriate therapist. i.e. walk resident at specified time intervals
• Responsible for and assists with general personal care of residents, such as: shower or bath, shampoo and skin care, oral hygiene, foot care, whirlpool baths, incontinency care.
• Accommodates residents where and when necessary, even if someone else’s assignment
• Assists in transporting residents to activities or appointments when necessary.
• Assists residents and Dietary Aides in dining room.
• Assists residents with light housekeeping duties
• Informs Charge Nurse or Supervisor when house stock supplies are needed

What you’ll need:

• Good understanding of body mechanics in transferring residents.
• Ability to stay calm in an emergent situation
• Willing to work weekends
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Ability to work independently
• Related prior experience helpful. However, “on the job” training will be provided to suit our special requirements.
• Must be 18 years of age with a minimum of high school education.
• Ability to perform community activities with residents.

All staff are required to participate in our free on-site ASL classes.