Support Aide to CNA Track
About The Position
Elderwood at Cheektowaga is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Training Program designed to give you the skills and experience needed to succeed. This is an opportunity to make a difference and earn a paycheck by helping to take care of loved ones. Support Aides will be employed for approximately 15-60 days before becoming eligible to be placed in our CNA training course. The CNA Training course will last for three weeks, Monday to Friday from 7:30a-3:30p (times may vary slightly). The first two weeks are classroom training; the third week will be the clinical portion. Once you pass, your status and pay will be adjusted from Support Aide to CNA. Elderwood will pay for the CNA certification test and any applicable onboarding requirements, including PPD and Physical for eligible candidates. Training is PAID.
Requirements
- 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.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.
Nice To Haves
- Nursing student
- Former CNA
- HHA
- PCA
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Conduct 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.
Benefits
- Paid training
- CNA certification test paid
- Onboarding requirements paid (PPD and Physical for eligible candidates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
