Certified Medication Aide

Life Care Services • Lubbock, TX

6h • Onsite

About The Position

Carillon Senior Living is seeking an experienced Certified Medication Aide to join our Health Center team. This role involves assisting residents with daily living activities, administering medications under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse, and performing routine nursing duties. The community emphasizes West Texas values, a vibrant lifestyle, and exceptional hospitality, having served Lubbock for 50 years.

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.
• Prepares and administers each dose immediately preceding administration.
• 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 general use of the medication, therapeutic action, usual dosage, factors modifying dosage and effects, precautions and contraindications, antidote, route and frequency of administration, and signs of deterioration of the medication when administering a 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.
• 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 specific directives for non-legend (OTC) and legend PRN drugs, involving assessment and permission from the charge nurse.
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED