CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Elderwood • City of Niagara Falls, NY

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About The Position

The CNA Training Track (Support Aide) offers paid work alongside clinicians while completing tasks for residents and provides a pathway into Elderwood’s Nurse Aide Training Program to become a CNA. Until a training-program slot is available, the employee works as a Trainee on an assigned shift.

The paid CNA course lasts three weeks, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with times potentially varying slightly. The first two weeks are classroom training and the third week is clinical training. Employees are clocked in and paid during training. Elderwood pays for the CNA certification test and applicable onboarding requirements, including a PPD and physical for eligible candidates. After passing, the employee’s status and pay are adjusted from Support Aide to CNA.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for candidates aged 16–17.
• Must have no findings or convictions of resident abuse, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property through any current or previous licensing agency.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English at an intermediate or more advanced level.

Responsibilities

• Transport residents, or accompany ambulatory residents, to locations in the building such as the dining room, activity areas, and therapy or treatment areas.
• Make unoccupied resident beds as assigned.
• Assist with dining-room food service under the direction of licensed therapy staff, including passing trays, cutting meat, and opening cartons or other containers.
• Distribute supplemental nourishment to residents who do not need feeding, as directed.
• Conduct informal activities on the nursing unit when time permits, as directed.
• Supply fresh water in residents’ rooms, as directed.
• Prepare residents’ beds and bedwear at bedtime, as assigned.
• Help keep assigned nursing-unit general areas neat and orderly, as directed.
• Clean residents’ equipment, such as wheelchairs, geri-chairs, and beds, as assigned.
• Keep residents’ rooms orderly, as assigned.
• Notify a therapist of unusual incidents involving residents.

Benefits

• Paid CNA training.
• Employer-paid CNA certification test.
• Employer-paid applicable onboarding requirements, including PPD and physical, for eligible candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED