Certified Medication Aide
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Lubbock
Hourly: $15-$17.50 Supplemental pay types: • Differential pay, • Overtime pay Schedule: 11 hour shifts (Days 7a- 7p) / (Nights 7p-7a) Bi-weekly rotation Week 1: Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat. Week 2: Sun, Wed, Thurs. When you work at Carillon Senior Living, you'll notice that it's more than a place to retire, it's a thriving community of seniors who are passionate about West Texas values, the Lubbock community and all things Texas Tech. It's a uniquely uplifting community where active older adults enjoy vibrant living, rewarding opportunities, exceptional hospitality, and great friendships. We just celebrated 50 years of serving Lubbock and West Texas as a trusted senior living community. You won't find our unique combination of an all-inclusive lifestyle, superior hospitality, and beautiful location anywhere else. We are currently seeking an experienced Certified Medication Aide to join our Health Center team. If you're looking for a different perspective on healthcare and senior living come join us today! You will enjoy: • Comprehensive health insurance, • Dental insurance, • Vision insurance, • Accident insurance, • Short-term disability insurance, • Supplemental life insurance, • Personal life insurance, • Paid time off starting at 128 hours your first year, • Tuition reimbursement & scholarship opportunities, • Access to a 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with a Carillon match, • Employee Referral Program resulting in $300 for each successful employment referral, • Offering Everyday Pay!, • Your personal and professional growth is important to us, so we provide continual professional training and career advancement opportunities., • You will enjoy being part of a great team in a fun, engaging work environment! Who you are: • Holds a current Medication Aide AND Nursing Assistant Certification in Texas., • Successfully completed competency evaluation requirements under state guidelines., • High school Graduate or equivalent (Preferred) Summary: The Certified Medicine Aide assists with the administration of medications under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse. Assists licensed nursing staff by performing routine nursing duties and activities of daily living. Essential Job Duties: • Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting, and exercising., • Gives treatments, perform tests, carry-out procedures, and collect specimens as instructed., • Reports and records observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and specimens when indicated., • Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed., • Answers signal lights promptly., • Performs any other duty in which the appropriate training level has been achieved., • Make resident round with off-going shift as well as hourly, ensuring residents are clean, comfortable, and ascertaining overall condition., • Lift, turn, and transfer residents when needed, utilizing proper safety equipment., • Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and orderly., • Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor., • Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and suppository drugs. The medication aide who prepares the medicine administers same., • Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding administration., • Follows administration protocol:, • Checks medication with transcribed or original order., • Checks all information on label or package for accuracy and clarity., • Clearly identifies the resident with proper medication., • Considers the following when administering a medication:, • General use of the medication, • Therapeutic action, • Usual dosage, • Factors modifying dosage and effects, • Precautions and contraindications, • Antidote, if known, • Route and frequency of administration, • Signs of deterioration of the medication, • Checks with the charge nurse if there are any questions regarding any medication., • Records administration of the medication on resident's medication administration record. Discards medication refused or otherwise not given and records on medication administration record., • Reports medication errors or reactions to medications immediately to the charge nurse, who, in turn, reports to the resident's attending physician and completes the necessary documentation., • Performs accurate pulse and blood pressure and recognizes their significance in drug therapy., • Signs and has access to the controlled schedule drug cabinet., • Administers medication only upon a written physician's order., • Administers PRN medication only under the following directives:, • FOR NON-LEGEND (OTC) DRUGS - May be administered without prior permission., • FOR LEGEND PRN DRUGS - CMA informs the charge nurse who first makes a bedside assessment; documents that assessment on the clinical record; giving permission of the CMA to administer medication; or charge nurse administers same. The CMA charts PRN medication on the medication administration record and in the nursing notes. Hospitality Focus: Carillon Senior Living fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests: • We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile., • We treat everyone with courteous respect., • We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly., • We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner., • We hold ourselves and one another accountable., • We embrace and value our differences., • We make residents, employees and guests feel important., • We ask, "Is there anything else I can do for you?", • We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times., • We pay attention to details.