Certified Nurse Assistant CTT Instructor -FULL TIME (63495)

ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC; Glenmont (NY); On-site; USD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC. in Glenmont, NY is hiring a CNA Instructor to train the next generation of healthcare professionals.

You’ll combine classroom teaching, demonstrations, and hands‑on clinical skills training to help students earn industry credentials and enter the workforce. The role requires a 2 year degree and NY certification, with a Monday–Friday schedule, 7:45 AM–4:45 PM, and a salary around $65,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year teaching or related field experience.
• Must meet NY state certification/licensing requirements for the position.
• Experience teaching CNA skills is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teach CNA skills in classroom and clinical settings.
• Demonstrate clinical skills and coach students during practice.
• Maintain training documentation and progress records.
• Prepare students for CNA certification and employment.

Skills

Teaching

Mentoring

Communication

Clinical skills

Education

2 Year Degree

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Glenmont - Glenmont, NY 12077

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: 2 Year Degree

Salary Range: $65,000.00 - $65,000.00 Salary/year

Job Category: Education

Schedule

Monday–Friday | 7:45 AM–4:45 PM

Compensation

$65,000 annually

Licensure/Certification

Candidates must meet applicable New York State certification, licensing, and/or accreditation requirements for the position.

What Does a CNA Instructor Do?

Simply put:

You take the nursing skills you've learned throughout your career and teach them to the next generation.

Our students are preparing to enter the healthcare field, and many are learning these skills for the very first time.

You’ll provide a combination of classroom instruction, demonstrations, hands‑on clinical skills training, coaching, and career preparation to help students successfully complete their training and work toward industry‑recognized credentials.

Your experience helps turn what's written in a textbook into something students can understand and actually perform.

What it actually means to care for another person.

What Will You Teach?

• Taking and recording vital signs
• Proper patient positioning and transfers
• Infection prevention and control
• Proper use of personal protective equipment
• Personal care and activities of daily living
• Mobility and patient safety
• Understanding basic patient needs
• Accurate documentation
• Communication with patients and healthcare teams
• Patient privacy and confidentiality
• Recognizing and appropriately reporting changes in a patient's condition
• Providing respectful and compassionate patient care

You Don't Have to Leave Nursing to Make an Impact

Maybe you've spent years working long shifts.

Maybe you've trained new CNAs, helped orient new employees, worked with nursing students, or found yourself being the person coworkers come to when they need something explained.

Those experiences matter.

Teaching may be a natural next step in your nursing career.

Instead of being responsible for your own patient assignment, you'll have the opportunity to use your experience to help students develop the skills they'll eventually use to care for hundreds of patients throughout their careers.

You'll Be More Than an Instructor

Many of our students are preparing for their first professional career.

They aren't only learning how to perform CNA skills.

They're also learning how to become healthcare professionals.

You’ll help students understand the importance of:

• Arriving on time
• Wearing appropriate professional attire
• Following safety and infection‑control procedures
• Communicating respectfully with patients
• Protecting patient privacy
• Working as part of a healthcare team
• Accepting feedback
• Being dependable
• Taking responsibility for their work
• Providing compassionate and dignified care

You’ll encourage students when they’re struggling while also holding them accountable for the professional standards they’ll encounter in the healthcare field.

What Might Your Day Look Like?

Your day could include a combination of classroom teaching and hands‑on instruction.

You may introduce a new healthcare concept in the classroom and then demonstrate the skill so students can practice it under your supervision.

You’ll:

• Demonstrate clinical skills – Show students how CNA procedures should be performed safely and correctly.
• Coach students during practice – Observe students performing skills and provide constructive feedback.
• Teach healthcare concepts – Explain nursing and patient‑care information in ways beginners can understand.
• Monitor student progress – Identify where students are succeeding and where they may need additional support.
• Maintain training documentation – Keep student progress, completion, and required training records accurate and current.
• Prepare students for certification – Help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete their program and pursue required credentials.
• Prepare students for employment – Teach students what healthcare employers expect and help them transition from training into the workforce.

Your Nursing Experience Is the Classroom Advantage

One of the greatest things you can bring to this position is something a textbook can’t:

Real healthcare experience.

You can explain why seemingly small things matter.

Why hand hygiene matters.

Why documentation matters.

Why dignity matters.

Why communication matters.

Why noticing a change in a patient's condition matters.

And why doing something the right way—even when no one is watching—matters.

Those lessons can help shape the type of healthcare professional a student becomes.

Who Would Be Great in This Role?

• Has experience as an LPN or RN
• Enjoys teaching or explaining clinical skills
• Has trained CNAs, new nurses, students, or new employees
• Is patient when someone needs additional instruction
• Can break complicated information into understandable steps
• Enjoys mentoring young adults
• Believes strongly in safe and compassionate patient care
• Can provide encouragement while maintaining expectations
• Communicates clearly and professionally
• Is organized and comfortable maintaining student documentation
• Wants to remain connected to healthcare while exploring a different type of nursing career

If you've ever:

• Oriented a new employee
• Trained a CNA
• Demonstrated a clinical skill
• Helped a nursing student
• Explained a procedure
• Corrected someone's technique
• Mentored a newer healthcare professional

You'll Have a Team Behind You

Student success at Job Corps is a team effort.

You’ll work with staff across Career Technical Training, Academics, Counseling, Residential Living, Health & Wellness, Career Transition Services, and other departments to help students remain engaged and successfully complete the program.

When a student struggles, we want to understand:

What’s getting in the way—and what support will help this student move forward?

What Is Job Corps?

Job Corps is a no‑cost education and career training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps eligible young people ages 16–24 develop the education, career skills, and independence they need to build successful futures.

At Glenmont Job Corps Center, students can receive career training while also developing the professional and life skills they’ll need after graduation.

As a CNA Instructor, you’ll have a direct role in helping students move from:

“I’m interested in healthcare.”

to

“I’m trained and ready to begin my healthcare career.”

Why Bring Your Nursing Career to Glenmont Job Corps?

Nursing gives you knowledge that can change lives.

At Glenmont Job Corps, you’ll have the opportunity to pass that knowledge forward.

What You’ll Love:

• Stay connected to healthcare – Continue using your nursing knowledge in a new environment.
• Consistent weekday schedule – Monday through Friday, 7:45 AM–4:45 PM.
• A different nursing routine – Explore a healthcare career outside of a traditional bedside schedule.
• Teach practical skills – Show students how quality patient care actually happens.
• Mentor future healthcare professionals – Help young adults discover their abilities and build confidence.
• Celebrate student milestones – Watch students progress from learning basic skills to preparing for certification and employment.
• Make a lasting impact – The skills you teach one student can influence the care they provide to patients throughout their entire career.

You've Cared for Patients. Now Help Teach the People Who Will Care for Them Next.

If you’re an experienced LPN or RN who’s ready to use your nursing knowledge in a new and meaningful way, we’d love to hear from you.

Bring your clinical experience, compassion, and knowledge to Glenmont Job Corps Center and help prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• A minimum of one‑year experience in teaching or related field required.
• Certified, licensed, or accredited in the state in which the center is located, or is accredited by a professional trade organization.
• For NTC, instructor must be certified by union or trade organization, or by a national trade certifying organization.
• Previous Job Corps experience preferred.
• Must possess a valid Drivers License and meet company insurability requirements.
• Physical requirements include sitting, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, pulling and/or pushing, carrying, reaching, stooping and crouching.
• Demonstrates the ability to lift 40 pounds and/or the ability to assess the lift load in order to ask for necessary assistance. (Depending upon trade)

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