CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Hornell SNF; City of Hornell (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid CNA training

CNA certification paid

On-site training at Hornell

Job summary

Elderwood at Hornell is offering a CNA Training Track (Support Aide) designed for nursing students, former CNAs, HHAs or PCAs seeking hands-on experience while earning pay. The program lasts three weeks, Monday–Friday, with classroom and clinical components.

Trainees are paid during training and, after successful completion, will advance to CNA status with certification funding and onboarding support. Duties include assisting residents, helping with meals, making beds, transporting residents,

Qualifications

• Sixteen (16) years of age required; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for 16-17 years of age.
• Must read, write, speak and understand English at an intermediate level or higher.

Responsibilities

• Transport residents or accompany ambulatory residents to various locations in the building.
• Make unoccupied resident beds and assist in dining room with food service.
• Distribute nourishments, conduct activities when time permits, and keep rooms tidy.
• Assist with cleaning equipment and report unusual resident incidents.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

English language proficiency

Employment Certificate/Permit for 16-17

Job description

Company: Elderwood

Location: Elderwood at Hornell

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Shift: 8am - 4pm

Salary: $18.20 / hourly

Reporting Category: Non-Clinical

PAID NURSE TRAINING TRACK!

Have you always been a caretaker by nature? Perhaps you are a nursing student, former CNA, HHA or PCA? This is an opportunity to make a difference (and a paycheck), up close and personal, helping to take care of our loved ones.

The CNA Training Track (Support Aide) provides insight into the direct care role by providing the opportunity to work alongside our clinicians, completing tasks for our resident population.

CNA Training Track (Support Aide) Overview:

Elderwood's CNA Training course will last for three weeks, Monday to Friday from 7:30a-3:30p (times may vary slightly). Until you are officially slotted for training, you will be designated on a specific shift as a Trainee.

• Once in the course - the first two weeks are classroom training; third week will be the clinical portion.
• Once you pass, your status (and pay) will be adjusted from Support Aide to CNA.
• Elderwood will pay for the CNA certification test as well as any applicable onboarding requirements, including but not limited to PPD and Physical for eligible candidates.
• Training is PAID - you will be clocked in during training hours and get paid while you train.

Responsibilities

(CNA Training Track - Support Aide):

• Transport residents or accompanies ambulatory residents as assigned to various locations in the building including the dining room, activity program areas, therapy or treatment areas.
• Make unoccupied resident beds, as assigned.
• Assist in the Dining Room with food service to residents, under the direction of licensed therapy staff; duties include passing trays, cutting meat, opening cartons or other containers.
• Distribute supplemental nourishments to residents who do not need to be fed, as directed.
• Conduct informal activities on the nursing unit when time permits, as directed.
• Supply fresh water in resident's rooms, as directed.
• Prepare bed and bedwear of resident's at hour of sleep, as assigned.
• Help keep general areas of the assigned nursing unit neat and orderly, as directed.
• Clean resident's equipment (wheelchair/geri chair, bed, etc.), as assigned.
• Keep the rooms of residents orderly, as assigned.
• Notify therapist of any unusual incidents regarding residents.

Qualifications

(CNA Training Track - Support Aide):

• Sixteen (16) years of age required; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for 16-17 years of age.
• No findings or convictions of resident abuse, mistreatment and misappropriation of property through any current or previous licensing agency.
• This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.