2p-10p FT Certified Medication Aide

Campbell Street•Norwalk, IA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Medication Aide (CMA) provides direct routine resident care in accordance with each resident’s Plan of Care, applicable Nursing Assistant Program standards, the Resident’s Bill of Rights, and the facility’s QAPI program. The CMA is part of an interdisciplinary care team that promotes residents’ independence, autonomous decision-making, and physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Under the direct supervision of a nurse, the CMA also administers medications and treatments. The CMA is accountable for the duties in the attached CNA job description as well as the additional medication-administration responsibilities described in the posting. This position is listed as 2 p.m.–10 p.m., full-time, at the Sunset Dr Norwalk location in Norwalk, Iowa. The posting highlights a supportive workplace, flexible scheduling, same-day pay, career growth opportunities, and employee benefits.

Requirements

Completion of the state-approved Nursing Assistant Program for the state where the facility operates.
Current certification and listing on the state Registry.
Completion of a standardized medication-administration training program for unlicensed personnel in nursing homes through the state where the facility operates.
Current medication-aide certification and listing on the state Registry.
Ability to welcome constructive feedback, make corrections, and maintain resilience.
Ability to get along with different personality types and inspire trust with residents, staff, and families.
Ability to actively listen with the goal of understanding.
Ability to clearly speak and proficiently read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a skilled nursing and/or assisted living community.

Responsibilities

Provide resident-centered routine care while protecting residents from abuse, mistreatment, neglect, and misappropriation of property; promptly report concerns or witnessed events.
Build respectful relationships with residents and communicate in a way that reflects their individual needs, preferences, backgrounds, and Plan of Care.
Provide basic nursing care, including taking and recording vital signs, measuring and recording height and weight, recognizing and reporting changes in health, and caring for residents who are actively dying.
Provide personal care, including bathing, grooming, mouth care, dressing, toileting, eating and hydration assistance, skin care, transfers, positioning, and turning.
Support nutrition and hydration by assisting residents with meals, monitoring and recording intake and output, offering fluids, serving nourishment as directed, and following dietary restrictions and food-safety practices.
Provide basic restorative services, including supporting self-care, using assistive devices, maintaining range of motion, positioning, bowel and bladder training, and caring for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Assist nurses with special procedures, care documentation, critical care sheets, and care conferences as directed.
Support residents’ participation in activities and help address grievances or disputes; maintain the security of residents’ personal possessions.
Communicate courteously and cooperatively with residents’ families, support networks, visitors, and interdisciplinary care team members.
Answer call lights promptly and courteously; use proper body mechanics and follow safety procedures for lifting, positioning, and equipment use, including transfer belts and mechanical lifts.
Follow infection-control, standard-precaution, OSHA, and PPE procedures; maintain a safe and clean environment and handle infectious linens and equipment appropriately.
Avoid the use of restraints in accordance with applicable nursing-home standards.
Document care and maintain complete, confidential resident records in accordance with state and federal requirements, including HIPAA; promptly report and document incidents and errors.
Prioritize assignments according to staffing levels and resident acuity, review departing staff reports, ensure delegated duties are completed, and report off to the nurse when leaving.
Administer regularly scheduled medications through oral, eye, ear, rectal, inhalant, and topical routes under an LPN’s or RN’s direction and supervision; assist with self-administration when applicable.
Document medication administration or the reason a medication was not administered, including required date, time, dosage, method, and authorized signature.
Follow pharmaceutical policies for medication sign-out and administration, errors, physician orders, labels and expirations, controlled substances and shift counts, and PRN documentation.
Understand metric, apothecary, and medical abbreviations; follow procedures for accessing the ER Kit and contact a licensed nurse for follow-through.
Recognize the limits of own knowledge, skills, and experience and seek assistance for situations beyond competency.