Certified Medication Aide (CMA) - Michael Unit

UTMB Health•Tennessee Colony, TX

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Performs technical patient-care duties and participates in general healthcare by assisting with cleanliness, grooming, rest, activity, nourishment, and medication distribution. Assists professional staff in maintaining a safe therapeutic environment in a clean and safe medical facility located within a prison, jail, or juvenile detention center. Shift work is required, and the employee may be assigned to more than one facility. The role may require standby duty and extended or alternate shifts when deemed necessary by the nurse manager. 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.
Ability to work shift schedules; may be required to be on standby and work extended or alternate shifts when necessary.
Ability to work under stress and cope emotionally with complex or changing activities.
Adequate vision, hearing, speech, and sense of touch to perform tasks such as reading small print and monitoring equipment and communicating clearly.
Alertness and careful attention to detail to avoid injury.

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 assigned by the charge nurse or designee in accordance with 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 catheter, ostomy, and other specified care.
Assist with feeding, ambulation, positioning, turning, and care for patients with altered mobility.
Support patient safety based on age and condition, including restraints, patient-specific precautions, and care in a correctional environment; collect, report, and document data related to patient needs, emergencies, and usual behavior.
At incoming facilities, interview incoming patients, complete receiving and screening forms, notify appropriate clinical staff about patients needing immediate attention, record newly received patients, maintain statistical logs, and perform duties related to 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 from filled prescriptions in general population and administrative segregation in accordance with applicable Texas medication aide licensing standards.
Maintain drug room security, replenish facility working drug stocks, and maintain the drug room and pharmaceutical equipment.
Enter medication compliance into the pharmacy computer system.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records.
Practice basic cost containment and utilization management for patient care and facility operations.
Prioritize and organize work to complete assignments within specified timeframes.
Promote positive interpersonal relationships among coworkers and Security.
Participate in orientation and continuing education, including 40 annual hours of continuing education or in-service training to meet ACA standards.
Adhere to departmental internal controls and reporting structures, and perform related duties as required.