CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Salary: $16.10 / hour

About the role

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. Apply today to our PAID CNA Training Track.

The CNA Training Track (Support Aide) provides insight into the direct care role by working alongside our clinicians, completing tasks for our resident population. Once accepted, you will be slotted into the next available Nurse Aide Training Program to become a CNA.

Elderwood's CNA Training course lasts three weeks, Monday to Friday from 7:30 AM–3:30 PM (times may vary slightly). Until officially slotted for training, you will work a designated shift as a Trainee. The first two weeks consist of classroom training; the third week is clinical. After passing, your status (and pay) will adjust from Support Aide to CNA. Elderwood covers the CNA certification test and any applicable onboarding requirements, including PPD and physical for eligible candidates. Training is PAID—you will clock in during training hours and earn wages while you learn.

Responsibilities

• Transport residents or accompany ambulatory residents to various locations in the building, including the dining room, activity areas, therapy, or treatment areas.
• Make unoccupied resident beds as assigned.
• Assist in the Dining Room with food service under licensed therapy staff direction, including passing trays, cutting meat, and opening containers.
• Distribute supplemental nourishments to residents who do not need feeding assistance.
• Conduct informal activities on the nursing unit when time permits.
• Supply fresh water in residents' rooms as directed.
• Prepare residents' beds and bedwear at bedtime as assigned.
• Help maintain general areas of the assigned nursing unit in a neat and orderly manner.
• Clean resident equipment (wheelchairs, geri chairs, beds, etc.) as assigned.
• Keep residents' rooms orderly as assigned.
• Notify therapists of any unusual incidents regarding residents.

Requirements

• Sixteen (16) years of age or older; high school diploma or equivalent required.
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for ages 16–17.
• No findings or convictions of resident abuse, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property through any licensing agency.
• Must read, write, speak, and understand English at an intermediate or advanced level to ensure safe interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors.