Friday, August 6, 2010

Health Care Jobs Available At Roosevelt Island's Coler Goldwater Hospital - Caregiver For 21 Year Old Patient & Associate Director Of Nursing

Are you interested in a job as a caregiver for a patient at Roosevelt Island's Coler Goldwater Hospital? If so, this listing from Craigslist may be of interest:

We are seeking a devoted caregiver for our twenty-one year old son who resides at Coler Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island, NYC. If you would like to improve the quality of a young man's life while learning about traumatic brain injury, this job might very well be the right one for you. Our son was injured in a near fatal car accident in May of 2007. He could not speak for eight months. Today he can express his needs, and enjoys going outside in his wheelchair to sit by the East River. He also likes watching movies and listening to indy music.

This jobs includes: help with feeding, grooming and other ADLs as well as interpreting our son's needs to staff. Therapeutic interventions include: daily ROMs, eye therapy, proprioceptive therapy, and skin care. The relationship established between you and our son is of utmost importance. A calm, organized and flexible young person is preferred.

Hours are: 9:30 to 5:30. We will be hiring someone daily from August 28th through September 12th. We will hire someone permanently for weekends.
An interview and orientation will be conducted . Close contact with family is very important to us. Please email your resume and a short letter describing your interest and suitability to this job. Student nurses and recent graduates are most welcome to apply.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Contact information available at Craigslist.

More information on the care given to patients at Coler Goldwater Hospital is provided in this 2007 You Tube Video.



There is also a position available at Coler for an Associate Director of Nursing. Click here for more information and write Coler in the search box.

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