CNA Training Track (Support Aide)

Overview

Paid Nurse Aide Certification Program!

 

Location: Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid, NY — Home of the 1980 Winter Olympics!

Pay Rate: Starting at $20.05/hourNEW! Gas Allowance Benefit for eligible employees

Ready to Launch Your Healthcare Career?

Have you always been a natural caregiver? Maybe you’re a nursing student, former CNA, Home Health Aide, or PCA looking to advance your skills and make a meaningful impact?

Our PAID Nurse Aide Trainee Program at Elderwood of Uihlein is the perfect next step to gain hands-on experience and become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

 

What We Offer:

• NEW! Gas Allowance Stipend for Full & Part-Time positions

• Pay-in-Lieu-of-Benefits program (earn 10% more!)

• Shift Differentials for weekdays and weekends

• Full benefits package (medical, dental, vision, and more)

• Tuition Assistance Program for clinical career tracks

• Newly renovated building in a scenic Lake Placid setting

• Employee referral bonus program

• Supportive team that values your role in resident care

 

About the Nurse Aide Trainee Program:

• The program runs three weeks, Monday through Friday, generally 7:00am–3:00pm (hours may vary)

• Weeks 1 & 2: Classroom instruction

• Week 3: Clinical hands-on training alongside licensed clinicians

• Upon successful completion, you’ll be certified as a CNA — your pay and status will be upgraded accordingly

• Elderwood covers your CNA certification exam fees and required onboarding (e.g., PPD test, physical exam)

• Until training begins, you’ll be assigned a trainee shift working under supervision to gain experience

 

 

Apply Today — start your journey to becoming a CNA with paid training and a supportive team by your side.Make a difference in the lives of seniors at Elderwood of Uihlein at Lake Placid!

Responsibilities

(CNA Training Track - Support Aide):

• 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.

Qualifications

(CNA Training Track - Support Aide):

• 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.

• 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.

EOE Statement

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.

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