RSA/Medication Aide

CCH Hudson•Hudson, WI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Provides routine daily nursing care in accordance with facility and state/federal guidelines. This role involves maintaining an active working relationship with the nursing team and ancillary departments, promoting customer satisfaction and positive interpersonal relationships, and participating in giving and receiving reports. The Medication Aide demonstrates the ability to perform nursing assistant duties, actively participates in care conferences and meetings, and attends scheduled training. They ensure resident privacy and rights are maintained, review resident aide care sheets, and ensure vital signs and weights are completed as scheduled. The position also includes performing restorative care, following work assignments, practicing good hygiene, and assuming added duties as assigned. The Medication Aide must be able to obtain pertinent resident information, plan and prioritize actions, perform daily hygiene and appearance tasks, and demonstrate proper lifting and transferring techniques. They implement special care needs, assist residents with diet and fluids, recognize and provide relief for physical distress, and report observed symptoms or needs. The role encourages resident freedom of choice, participation in self-care, and assistance with prosthetics. Effective communication with residents, families, and team members, adherence to safety and infection control procedures, and compliance with regulatory agencies are essential.

Requirements

Certified through WI CBRF as a Medication Aide.
High school graduate or equivalent is preferred.
Must be able to perform all the requirements of the nursing assistant job description.
Must have no performance/attendance issues documented in the past year.
Must possess good communication skills and a willingness to work with all team players.
Must possess the ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
Must have an acceptable criminal background check.
Stand and walk for long periods of time.
Manually lift 30-50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a health care facility is desired.

Responsibilities

Provides routine daily nursing care in accordance with facility and state/federal guidelines.
Maintains an active working relationship with nursing team and ancillary departments.
Promotes the concept of customer satisfaction and positive interpersonal relationships.
Participates in giving and receiving report from medication aides and nursing assistants.
Demonstrates ability to perform nursing assistant duties as assigned.
Actively participates in care conferences and scheduled meetings as appropriate.
Attends scheduled training seminars and in-services as appropriate.
Ensures privacy and resident rights are maintained by the nursing team.
Reviews resident aide care sheets on a regular basis.
Ensures vital signs and weights are completed as scheduled.
Performs restorative care and range of motion as instructed.
Follows work assignments and/or work schedules as assigned.
Willing to work in other areas across the campus as needed.
Practices good personal hygiene and facility dress code.
Assumes added duties as assigned by Charge Nurse and/or supervisor.
Demonstrates ability to obtain pertinent information regarding residents.
Demonstrates ability to plan and prioritize actions before starting resident cares.
Performs procedures to meet individual resident needs for daily hygiene and appearance including, but not limited to, bathing, grooming, shaving, oral cares, and nail care.
Demonstrates proper techniques of lifting, transferring, and ambulating residents.
Implements special care needs including incontinence cares, special skin care, catheter care, colostomy care, and turning/positioning techniques.
Assists and encourages residents to take adequate diet, fluids, and supplements.
Recognizes physical distress and acts to provide relief for those residents.
Identifies and reports physical and psychological symptoms or spiritual needs to appropriate staff.
Allows residents the freedom of choice in details of daily living whenever possible.
Performs and assists with activities per activity calendar/activity daily sheets.
Reports any observed physical or verbal abuse to the supervisor immediately.
Encourages residents to participate in self care as appropriate.
Assists resident with the application of prosthetics when appropriate.
Provides diversional activities as appropriate to meet resident needs.
Demonstrates effective and respectful communication with residents, families, and team members.
Demonstrates knowledge of, and adheres to, actions to assure resident and staff safety.
Demonstrates proper infection control procedures and practices.
Complies with rules and regulations of regulatory and surveying agencies.
Administers medications/performs treatments per regulations at regulatory and surveying agencies.