CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

$18.50 / hr

You'll start as a Support Aide at $18.50/hour, gain valuable experience with our residents, and be placed into the next available Nurse Aide Training Program. Successfully complete the program and certification process, and your status and pay will be upgraded to CNA.

Our three-week Nurse Aide Training Program is designed to give you the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to become a Certified Nursing Assistant.

You'll work as a Support Aide/Trainee on an assigned shift, gaining experience and becoming familiar with our residents and care environment while you wait for the next available training class.

Learn the fundamentals of resident care through classroom instruction.

Put what you've learned into practice through hands-on clinical training.

Once you successfully complete the training program and certification requirements:

Your employment status and pay will be adjusted accordingly.

Elderwood will pay for your CNA certification examination and applicable onboarding requirements for eligible candidates, including required PPD testing and physical examination.

 

Start as a Support Aide, get paid while you train, earn your CNA certification, and take the next step toward a rewarding career in healthcare.

 

While working toward your CNA certification, you'll provide important support to residents and the clinical team under appropriate supervision.

• →Transport residents or accompany ambulatory residents throughout the facility, including to dining, activity, therapy, and treatment areas
• →Make unoccupied resident beds as assigned
• →Assist with dining services, including passing trays, cutting food, and opening containers
• →Distribute supplemental nourishment to residents who do not require feeding assistance
• →Provide fresh water to resident rooms as directed
• →Prepare resident beds and bed linens for evening and overnight hours
• →Help keep assigned nursing units clean, neat, and orderly
• →Clean resident equipment such as wheelchairs, geri chairs, and beds as assigned
• →Help maintain orderly resident rooms
• →Conduct informal activities on the nursing unit when appropriate and as directed
• →Observe residents and report unusual incidents or concerns to the appropriate clinical staff
• →Treat residents with dignity, kindness, and respect
• →Follow all applicable safety, confidentiality, infection control, and compliance policies
• →Perform other duties as assigned

• Minimum 16 years of age
• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Employment Certificate/Permit required for individuals ages 16–17
• No findings or convictions related to resident abuse, mistreatment, or misappropriation of property through any current or previous licensing agency
• Ability to successfully complete the Nurse Aide Training Program and required certification process
• This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.