Certified Nursing Assistant Apprenticeship
Gain CNA Skills to Advance Your Career
Renown will pay your tuition and lab fees while you work!
Are you interested in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)? If so, join our CNA Apprenticeship—a full-time job with benefits. Renown Health has partnered with Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) to fully fund a CNA Apprentice program, allowing participants to go to school and work as a CNA Apprentice while being paid. Students shadow, precept and complete their clinical hours in a hospital setting, receiving both the education and experience they need to be a successful clinician. Upon completion of the program, participants are eligible to obtain their CNA license and transfer directly into a full-time night CNA position at Renown Health.
Duration: 9 weeks, offered two times per year.
About the Program
- Program Length: Approximately 9 weeks in class (4 months total)
- Program Location: Truckee Meadows Community College & Renown Health
- Pay Rate: $18/hour (participants are paid for classroom and clinical hours, as well as work time)
- Schedule: This is a full-time position (36-40 hours per week), which includes classroom instruction (Tues/Thurs 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), clinical hours, work time, etc. During the duration of the program, schedules will be day shift with occasional evenings. Participants must have open/flexible schedules to accommodate both school and work.
- Upon completion of the program, positive feedback from unit, and obtaining your CNA license, we would offer a Full-Time Night position with the unit you completed the apprenticeship with.
- Program Overview: Participants will attend class two days per week through TMCC where they learn theory and have lab time. About halfway into the class, students start clinical rotations on Telemetry, Medical/Surgical and Intensive Care units at Renown. In addition to classroom, lab, and clinical time, they also work in various capacities (Patient Safety Assistant, Unit Clerk, etc.) until they gain the CNA skills necessary to begin working on the units.
- Current Employees: Current Renown Health employees selected to participate in the program will transfer out of their current role and into the CNA Apprentice role.
Selection Process Timeline
- Application Open: 5/1/2025 – 5/11/2025
- Applications Reviewed: 5/12/2025- 5/18/2025
- Phone Screen with Recruiter: 6/2/2025 – 6/6/2025
- Interviews with Leadership: 6/23/2025 – 6/27/2025
- Unit Shadow: 7/7/2025 – 7/11/2025
- CNA Apprenticeship Offers: 7/14 – 7/18/2025
- Program Start Date: 9/2/2025
- Class Dates: 9/9/2025 – 11/6/2025