Instructor - Nursing Assistant

Instructor - Nursing Assistant - Full Time

The Center for Caregiver Advancement (CCA) is building the workforce of highly trained caregivers that many Californians can’t live without.

For over two decades, CCA has been at the forefront of an equity-driven movement for quality training and quality jobs. CCA is one of the largest providers of training for long-term caregivers in California– training over 35,000 home care and nursing home caregivers in the past 20 years. We are pioneers in home care training and are the only organization in the country to show the value of evidence-informed training programs on both the workforce population and the low-income seniors and people with disabilities for whom they care, with curriculum licensed in four other states.

Training is one piece of a large, complex system of long-term care. Still, we know from our long history in the field and studies of our impact that training can lead to higher rates of retention and quality care because caregivers have the knowledge and confidence to be successful in their jobs. With the vast majority of caregivers being immigrant women of color who live in under-invested communities across the state, we meet them where they are - providing training in six languages.

CCA develops quality training programs for both IHSS home care workers and Skilled Nursing Facility workers. We have a deep partnership with SEIU Local 2015 - the labor union that represents IHSS and SNF workers across California. Our Labor Management Training Partnership for nursing home workers is grounded in partnership systems in which skilled nursing facility employers collaborate with SEIU Local 2015 in order to benefit the workforce and provide higher-quality care to residents through high-quality courses, certifications, and apprenticeship programs.

Nursing Assistant Instructors teach to adult learners on a variety of topics relevant to the long-term care industry, including theory and practical skills necessary for quality caregiving in the skilled nursing facility. In-person clinical instruction may take place in a non-traditional classroom setting (i.e., skilled nursing facility, and online theory instruction takes place either self-paced or live instructor-led via Zoom. CCA provides instructors with the training curriculum and materials to support student learning, including clinical training guide, trainer’s guide and PowerPoint slides.

On occasion, the instructor and support with updating supplementary materials as needed. (CA residents only)

• Responsible for adhering to NATP policies and procedures.
• Responsible for following the NATP CDPH approved lesson plans and daily training schedule both for theory and clinical practice.
• Assures completion of all the required hours of NATP training (60 hours of theory training and 100 hours of clinical training).
• Develops lesson plans based on the approved theory and clinical modules per CDPH 276B.
• Implements the instructions per approved lesson plans for all theory and clinical modules.
• Implements and documents compliance of CDPH approved NATP daily schedule CDPH (276B).
• Assures students are signing-in and signing-out daily on attendance sheets for clinical training.
• Completes CDPH 276C Individual Student Record and Nurse Assistant Checklist 276A.
• Monitors attendance in theory and clinicals.
• Utilizes evidence-based teaching and learning strategies for instruction (i.e., provide explicit instruction, guided practice, skill reiteration, independent and collaborative learning). Counsels and motivates students regarding classroom experience, course retention, acquisition of new skills, barriers to entry and/or study habits.
• Coordinates with NATP staff as necessary to resolve issues affecting student training and retention.
• Maintains classroom environment (behavior and surroundings) conducive to learning.
• Uploads copies of student records and progress in clinicals into the database.
• Updates student completion in clinicals into the database.
• Gathers and reports accurate data for each class.
• Responsible for remediation and tutoring sessions.
• Conducts weekly retention calls,…