Paid CNA Training Track - Start as Support Aide

Elderwood Administrative Services; Town of Lancaster (NY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Elderwood at Lancaster in Lancaster, NY, offers a CNA Training Track (Support Aide) to help you start a rewarding healthcare career. Training is paid and you will be clocked in during training hours, with pay adjustments upon transition to CNA after certification.

The program runs three weeks, Monday to Friday, with classroom and clinical portions. Eligible candidates begin as Trainees on a specific shift and can earn up to $18.70 hourly after graduation.

Qualifications

• Sixteen (16) years of age required; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for 16-17 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Transport residents or accompanies ambulatory residents as assigned to various locations in the building.
• 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.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Employment Certificate/Permit for 16-17 years of age

Job description

Elderwood at Lancaster in Lancaster, NY, offers a CNA Training Track (Support Aide) to help you start a rewarding healthcare career. Training is paid and you will be clocked in during training hours, with pay adjustments upon transition to CNA after certification.

The program runs three weeks, Monday to Friday, with classroom and clinical portions. Eligible candidates begin as Trainees on a specific shift and can earn up to $18.70 hourly after graduation.