CNA Training Program with Potential Employment Opportunities

ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC • Chattanooga, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This nurse aid training program prepares students to work as Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) in healthcare facilities. CNAs provide basic care and help patients with daily activities. The Chattanooga State at Orange Grove Center CNA Program is 2.5 weeks totaling 97.5 hours. This includes 59 classroom hours, 16 clinical hours, and 24 practice and review hours. This program costs $1,700. This cost includes 59 hours of instruction, 16 hours of clinical instruction, 24 hours of practice and review, a textbook, a workbook, a drug test, a background check, and a TB Test. The student is responsible for purchasing Hunter Green scrubs, required for the two clinical days during the second week of the program. The student is also responsible for paying $130 for the CNA State Exam due at the end of the second week. Sample Schedule: Week one: Monday - Friday 8a-4p Week two: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8a-4p Tuesday and Thursday (Clinical site) 7a-3p Week three: Monday - Wednesday 8a-4p Thursday --- State Exam at Orange Grove Center

Requirements

• Physical requirements: While performing the duties of this training position, the trainee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel implements or office equipment, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and interact with others.
• Must be able to speak, read and write the English language.
• Will be required to lift, push, pull, and move equipment, supplies, patients, etc. of forty (40) pounds or more.
• Minimum 17 years of age, if high school diploma has been obtained within the last 6 months
• Minimum 18 years of age, if GED has been obtained
• High school Diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Driver's License (physical copy and in date)
• Social Security Card (physical, original, and not laminated)
• Must successfully pass drug screen, background check, and TB skin test

Responsibilities

• Patient care: Bathing, feeding, dressing, toileting, and turning and moving patients.
• Vital signs: Taking blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respirations
• Communication: Listening to and recording patient concerns, reporting information to nurses and management
• Safety: Keeping work areas free of hazards, and reporting accidents to the supervisor

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees