Certified Nurses Assistant Program
We are currently not accepting applications for the Nurse Aide Trainee position; however, we’ll open for applications once the date of the next class has been determined. Please continue to watch regularly for updated information.
The selected candidates come from all backgrounds but usually demonstrate the following: enthusiasm for quality, customer service, a strong commitment to health care and a solid job history that demonstrates responsibility and caring professionalism.
If you are selected, you will be hired on as a Salem Hospital employee and will be paid a training wage while you are in class. Participants are in class 3 to 4 days per week, 7 to 8-hour shifts each day, and there is a strict attendance policy.
You are provided with the textbook and workbook for the class and will need to do a large amount of studying outside of class. You will be expected to purchase your uniforms and personal equipment such as stethoscope.
During the training, you will be expected to meet dress code requirements and follow Salem Hospital policies and procedures.
When you graduate from the class, you will be eligible to take the State certification exam.
Participants will be selected for a CNA position based upon successful completion of the program and earning their state nursing assistant certification, although there is no guarantee of a position, unit or shift.
If you become an employee of Salem Hospital, we do ask that you work for a minimum of one year in exchange for the training we have provided.
Demonstrated Strengths:
Salem Health is looking for the following demonstrated strengths as defined by the Gallup Organization:
- Service: A drive to be of service to others
- Ethics: A clear understanding of right and wrong that guides actions
- Responsibility: The need to assume personal accountability for work
- Problem Solving: An ability to think things through with incomplete data
- Empathy: Understanding the point of view and feelings of others
- Team: Engages in mutually supportive relationships
Qualifications:
- Bilingual and Bicultural required.
- Preference may be given to candidates who are bilingual/bicultural in Spanish/English and/or Russian/English.
- Successful candidates must pass a 90-minute reading/writing assessment.
- Demonstrates compassion for patients. Is responsive and anticipates their needs.
- Experience communicating regular status to clients, superiors and peers.
- Creates an integrated care environment that is efficient, safe and cost effective.
- Experience in health promotion, maintenance and prevention.
- Practices proper methods of infection control and sterilization.
- Works productively with others in the medical team.
- Capable of performing general procedural nursing duties.
- Ability to recognize signs and symptoms of pain.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Uses good judgment and available information to resolve issues.
- High School Diploma or equivalent experience.
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