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Learn how you can make a difference as a CNA.

 

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Apprentice Information Sessions

 

How does the CNA training work? 

In partnership with Finger Lakes Community College, UR Medicine Thompson Health offers a five-week training course for individuals interested in becoming certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at the CCC. 

Thompson Health covers the full tuition, and participants receive payment while taking the class. They are hired into a CNA position at the CCC, where they are expected to remain employed – in a full- or part-time position – for at least one year from certification. 

This is a great way to start your career in healthcare.

Register to attend one of our Free Information Sessions please email:

Please RSVP:
Yesenia_Rangel@URMC.Rochester.edu 

Info sessions held at:

M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center
350 Parrish Street, Canandaigua, NY 
Park in the extended lot in front of the building, and someone will greet you at the front door. Please arrive early to allow time for COVID screening. 

 

CNA Apprentice Program
 
Betty Hughes
Caring was her Calling. It can be yours, too.

While many people become a certified nursing assistant (CNA) with a plan of becoming a nurse - drawn to Thompson Health by its career advancement programs - others find being a CNA to be their calling.

Betty Hughes was one of those people.

A resident of Newark, Betty had worked as a home health aide but was looking for more stability when she first applied to Thompson’s M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center in 2011. She was hired to work as a CNA, retiring this past September.

Looking back on her career at Thompson, Betty said being a CNA gave her a chance to do what she loves best, and she did it for a living.

“I’m a very compassionate person and I just love helping people. It doesn’t matter what the situation is – I love helping,” she said.

As a CNA, that meant doing whatever she could to meet the needs of residents. Something as simple as getting someone ice cream or a cup of coffee made a difference, as did taking a few minutes to “chit chat.”

“I would ask them, ‘How’s your day going?’ or ‘How are you feeling?’ or ‘How’s your family?’” she said. “That’s really, really important.”

While being a CNA is hard work and can have its share of challenges, Betty is glad it’s what she chose to do. After all, she said, “It’s very fulfilling.”

Now that she’s embarking on retirement, she treasures a note she received from one of her residents. The woman let Betty know just how much she would miss her, adding, “I feel blessed for having met and known you, even for this brief part of my life.”

“You have given so much of your time and of yourself, caring for others,” the woman wrote. “I love you. Thank you for being here for me.”

 

 

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Why I love my job

CNA Amber Lane Tell us Why She Loves her Job as a certified nursing assistant at Thompson Health!

Hear from one of our graduates!

Keiffer Hainsworth talks about the wonderful Certified Nursing Assistant training she received at Finger Lakes Community College.

Keiffer and her classmates (now colleagues at Thompson) benefited from the CNA Training Partnership between Thompson and FLCC, including the generous stipend they received to participate in the training. Way to go, Keiffer!

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Thompson Health believes in Equal Opportunity for all and is committed to ensuring all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans, have an opportunity to apply for those positions that they are interested in and qualify for without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,  age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Thompson Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals so that an individual can perform their job related duties. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and require special assistance or an accommodation to apply due to a disability, please contact us at 585-396-6680.
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Thompson Health has a long and proud history dating back to 1904. At Thompson Health, our corporate values communicate not only our mission and purpose, but also the manner in which we go about delivering quality health care and service to our community. Our values are: 

COMMITMENT is to our Customer. Our Customer is the patient, resident, family, doctor, client, Associate, volunteer and visitor- anyone to whom we provide service. 

ACTIONS speak louder than words. We act in a professional and timely manner, and are accountable for our actions.

RESPECT - We treat every person with dignity, honor and appreciation. We avoid every intrusion into their privacy and hold their personal information in confidence. 

EXCELLENCE - Our system is continuously providing outstanding care and exceptional service. 

SERVICE - We serve with pride, creating a responsive and healing environment. This is what our team is all about.

Our objective is to continue to maintain a caring organizational climate which makes it possible to achieve these corporate values. This depends directly upon the performance of each associate. It is people, individually and collectively, that are our most important asset. I understand the Equal Opportunity Employment statement and Thompson Health Values and the above behaviors associated with them. I accept responsibility for supporting, delivering and role modeling these behaviors should I be offered and accept employment at Thompson Health.

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