LNA Training Program

Overview

The Vermont Veterans' Home (VVH) is offering a Licensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) Training Program, and we're looking for dedicated individuals to join our team.

Program Details :

• 35-day training program
• Combination of classroom and hands-on clinical training
• Participants will be hired as paid temporary employees during the program

Those who successfully complete the course and pass both the written and clinical exams will be eligible to apply for LNA positions on the evening shift at VVH. This is a great opportunity to begin a rewarding career in healthcare while serving those who have served our country. Apply today and take the first step toward becoming an LNA with our team!

For more information about the Vermont Veterans' Home, pleasevisit this site.

Who May Apply

This position, LNA Training Program (Job Requsition #53478) , is open to all State employees and external applicants.This is a temporary position. Temporary work is typically for variable hours and is not expected to be full-time. The State does not guarantee 40 hours of work per week.

If you would like more information about this position, please contact Sarah Sigsbury at sarah.sigsbury@vermont.gov.

Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.

Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered.

Any person who has had a charge of abuse, neglect or exploitation substantiated against him or her is not eligible under the Vermont Veterans' Home licensing requirements. Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position, including Vermont and national criminal record checks, adult and child abuse registry checks, the Office of Inspector General exclusion database, and motor vehicle driving record checks where applicable.

Environmental Factors

Duties are performed in a long-term care and residential care setting. Incumbents may be assigned to any area of the facility and to any shift. Requires standing for long periods of time, walking for extended periods and distances, sitting, repetitive movements, bending, twisting, stretching, lifting, pushing, and pulling. Duties require regular and direct interaction with residents with varying degrees of physical and mental illness, dementia, infectious diseases, severe physical and mental limitations, and residents who may display unpredictable behavior. Incumbents predictably encounter high levels of stress and emotional situations, exposure to potentially physically and verbally violent patient populations and exposure to infectious disease.

Minimum Qualifications

No specific education or experience required.

Special Requirements

Child Labor Laws strictly prohibit a person under the age of eighteen (18) from work involving the operation of power-driven hoisting apparatus. This prohibition includes apprentices and student-learners. Therefore, participants in the LNA Training Program are required to be at least eighteen (18) years of age on the day the program begins.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of Vermont celebrates diversity, and is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and meaningful inclusion that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The State does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, membership in an employee organization, family medical history or genetic information, or family or parental status. The State's employment decisions are merit-based. Retaliatory adverse employment actions by the State are forbidden.