Certified Medication Aide

Harbour Village•Lubbock, TX

2d•$15 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

Carillon Senior Living is seeking an experienced Certified Medication Aide to join their Health Center team. This role involves assisting with the administration of medications under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse, and performing routine nursing duties and activities of daily living. Carillon Senior Living is a community that has been serving Lubbock and West Texas for 50 years, offering an all-inclusive lifestyle, superior hospitality, and a beautiful location.

Requirements

Holds a current Medication Aide AND Nursing Assistant Certification in Texas.
Successfully completed competency evaluation requirements under state guidelines.

Nice To Haves

High school Graduate or equivalent

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

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!
Continual professional training and career advancement opportunities.