{"id":110947,"date":"2022-02-01T21:25:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110947"},"modified":"2022-02-01T21:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T02:25:49","slug":"did-you-know-about-opportunities-at-gracedale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110947","title":{"rendered":"Did you know about opportunities at Gracedale?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Did you know that Gracedale offers training courses for Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs)?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Gracedale offers certification for CNAs through a standard four-week training course or an 8-hour Temporary on-line training course. Students in the nursing home\u2019s four-week program receive a $1,000 stipend for their training time.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Did you know Gracedale hires CNAs once they have passed the training course?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Certified CNAs are immediately eligible for employment at Gracedale Nursing home and can be hired for part-time or full-time positions across all shifts. Full-timers receive county benefits including life insurance, paid vacation, pension, medical, dental, vision insurance and prescription coverage.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>For more information about certification programs, contact Amy Kahler at 610-829-3402 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:akahler@northamptoncounty.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">akahler@northamptoncounty.org<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0or apply online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/HR\/Pages\/Recruitment.aspx\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.<wbr \/>org\/HR\/Pages\/Recruitment.aspx<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Did you know that Gracedale employees can receive free tuition?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Staff employed at Gracedale Nursing Home for a year or longer are eligible for tuition reimbursement for degrees in Licensed Practical Nursing (LPNs) and\/or Register Nursing (RNs) at Northampton Community College.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Did you know that Gracedale hires more than just nurses?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Employment opportunities include dietary, housekeeping, administrative and clerical. Full-time employees are eligible for County benefits including life insurance, paid vacation, pension, medical, dental, vision insurance and prescription coverage.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Did you know that Gracedale pays its employees for successful referrals?<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Staff received $250 for successful recommendations for RNs and $100 for any other open positions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nBecky Bartlett<br \/>\nDeputy Director of Administration<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Gracedale offers training courses for Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs)? &nbsp; Gracedale offers certification for CNAs through a standard four-week training course or an 8-hour Temporary on-line training course. Students in the nursing home\u2019s four-week program receive a $1,000 stipend for their training time. &nbsp; Did you know Gracedale hires CNAs once &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=110947\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Did you know about opportunities at Gracedale?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NC.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}