CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Elderwood • Hornell, NY

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About The Position

The CNA Training Track (Support Aide) offers paid work experience alongside clinicians while completing direct-care support tasks for residents. Participants are placed in the next available Nurse Aide Training Program and may become a CNA after successfully completing the course and passing the certification test. The three-week course runs Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., though times may vary slightly. The first two weeks are classroom training and the third week is clinical training. Before being assigned to a course, participants work as trainees on a specific shift. Training hours are paid, and 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. The listed pay for the Support Aide role is $18.20 per hour.

Requirements

• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• An Employment Certificate/Permit is required for applicants 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.
• Keep general areas of the assigned nursing unit 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