Thompson to Host Info Session on Becoming a CNA Feb. 6

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine Thompson Health is hosting an information session at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for those interested in beginning careers as certified nursing assistants (CNAs).

Thompson covers the entire cost of the five-week CNA training course and pays participants while enrolled, with part-time benefits beginning immediately. Course graduates are guaranteed a CNA position at Thompson’s M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center, which has a five-star overall rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Newly hired CNAs are expected to remain employed – in a full- or part-time position – for at least one year from certification. If they plan to further their education, they are eligible for tuition reimbursement initiatives and grants from Thompson, as well as promotional opportunities.

The one-hour information session will be held at the Continuing Care Center, 350 Parrish Street in Canandaigua. To register for the information session, email Yesenia_Rangel@URMC.Rochester.edu or call 585-396-6824.

For more information on being a CNA at Thompson, which was named one of 2023’s “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com/CNA.