CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Overview

Paid Nurse Aide Certification Program! Location: Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid, NY — Home of the 1980 Winter Olympics! Pay Rate: Starting at $20.05/hour NEW! Gas Allowance Benefit for eligible employees

About the Nurse Aide Trainee Program

The program runs three weeks, Monday through Friday, generally 7:00am–3:00pm (hours may vary)

• Weeks 1 & 2: Classroom instruction
• Week 3: Clinical hands-on training alongside licensed clinicians
• Upon successful completion, you’ll be certified as a CNA — your pay and status will be upgraded accordingly
• Elderwood covers your CNA certification exam fees and required onboarding (e.g., PPD test, physical exam)
• Until training begins, you’ll be assigned a trainee shift working under supervision to gain experience

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.
• Carry out 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.

Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid

Newly renovated building in a scenic Lake Placid setting

Benefits

• Full benefits package (medical, dental, vision, and more)
• Tuition Assistance Program for clinical career tracks
• Employee referral bonus program

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.