Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Adds Career Path
To Workforce Development Programs
State Supports Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) Training Program
Philadelphia, PA, November 3, 2006 – Recognizing their vital role in healthcare, a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) training program has been established by
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network as a new component in its continuing quest to provide employment and career opportunities
to members of the communities it serves.
Pennsylvania State Representatives John Myers (D., Phila) and Dwight Evans (D., Phila), Democratic chair of the House Appropriations
Committee, were instrumental in securing $250,000 in state funds to establish the new program and also to enhance career advancement
for current Einstein employees.
The CNA training program is designed to attract high school graduates, GED holders, and working people, in and out of healthcare,
who are seeking career advancement opportunities.
The Certified Nurse Assistant training program consists of 140 hours of training over seven weeks. Upon successfully completing
the training, students receive Pennsylvania state certification and are provided with an opportunity to work in the Albert
Einstein Healthcare Network providing primary care, including taking vital signs, following basic infection control procedures
and bathing and feeding patients. For more information on the CNA Program, please call Hillary McFadden at 215-456-2445.
For years, Einstein has committed to expanding career development in Philadelphia, introducing and encouraging an array of
healthcare training programs for jobs that are in great demand, while stimulating economic development within the community.
The programs include the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network & LaSalle University Nursing Careers Program Partnership, a unique initiative providing educational assistance to LaSalle University nursing students who want to join Einstein’s
premier healthcare organization.
Another career development program for 11th and 12th graders is the Discover Healthcare Summer Program run by Einstein’s Department
of Volunteers. The program, which honors Stephen Niklauski, son of an Einstein employee Marie Niklauski, who lost his life
in 2004, introduces high school students to a variety of health careers as well as teaching resume writing and interviewing
skills. For more information, please call Ellen F. Goldberg at 215-456-6059.
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, a member of the Jefferson Health System, provides healthcare services through Albert Einstein
Medical Center, Germantown Community Health Services, Willow Terrace (a nursing home), Einstein at Elkins Park, MossRehab,
Willowcrest (a center for subacute care), Belmont Behavioral Health and a number of outpatient and satellite locations. Einstein
also operates a primary care network, Einstein Neighborhood Healthcare. For more information, visit www.einstein.edu or call
1-800-EINSTEIN.
CONTACT: Judy Horwitz
Communications Specialist
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
215-456-6767
horwitzj@einstein.edu
Publish date: November 3, 2006
