Certified Medication Aide - Galveston County Jail - Full-Time
About The Position
Correctional Managed Care's mission is to address the healthcare needs of underserved patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. The Certified Medication Aide performs technical patient-care duties and supports general healthcare by assisting with cleanliness, grooming, rest, activity, nourishment, and medication distribution. The aide also assists professional staff in maintaining a safe therapeutic environment. The position is based in a clean, safe medical facility within a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center. The work may involve noise, odors, cramped spaces, fumes, communicable diseases, radiation, chemotherapeutic agents, or disoriented or combative patients. Shift work is required; the aide may be assigned to multiple facilities and may need to work extended or alternate shifts or be on standby when necessary. Security clearance and pre-employment drug testing are required.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Current Texas Certified Medication Aide permit.
- Security clearance is required.
- Pre-employment drug testing is required.
Responsibilities
- Collect, report, and document vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and specimens.
- Perform and report Point of Care Testing.
- Assist with patient activities and care as directed by the charge nurse or designee and as indicated by the patient's plan of care.
- Provide personal hygiene and related care, including bathing, oral suctioning, superficial wound care, assistance with chronic wound care, skin care, elimination, incontinence, urinary catheters, cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and ostomy care.
- Assist with feeding, ambulation, positioning, turning, and care for patients with altered mobility.
- Assist with patient safety measures, including restraints and patient-specific precautions; collect, report, and document information about patient needs, emergencies, and usual behavior, and care for patients in a correctional environment.
- Interview incoming patients, complete receiving and screening forms, notify appropriate clinical professionals of patients needing immediate attention, record information about newly received patients, maintain statistical logs, and perform duties for psychiatric referrals and screening.
- Help maintain a safe and comfortable facility environment; obtain, store, and maintain pharmacy and nursing medications and supplies.
- Distribute and document medications for patients in general population and administrative segregation from filled prescriptions in accordance with applicable Texas medication aide licensing standards.
- Ensure drug room security, replenish facility working drug stocks, and maintain the drug room and pharmaceutical equipment.
- Enter medication compliance information into the pharmacy computer system.
- Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
- Apply basic cost containment and utilization management practices for patient care and facility operations.
- Prioritize and organize work to complete assignments within specified timeframes.
- Promote positive interpersonal relationships with coworkers and Security.
- Participate in orientation, in-service training, and continuing education; obtain 40 annual continuing education/in-service hours to meet ACA standards.
- Adhere to departmental internal controls and reporting structures.
- Perform related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
