Skilled Nursing Medication Aide

Casper Mountain Rehabilitation & Care Center | Casper, Wyoming

At Casper Mountain Rehabilitation & Care Center, you’re not just accepting a position—you’re joining a team that values your contributions, supports your professional growth, and recognizes the important role you play in the health, safety, and quality of life of our residents.

Supportive, team-oriented clinical environment
Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
Leadership that values and listens to staff
Meaningful work where your attention to detail directly impacts resident care

Casper Mountain Rehabilitation & Care Center is seeking a compassionate, dependable, and detail-oriented Certified Medication Aide (CMA) to join our nursing team.

As a CMA, you will play an important role in the safe and timely administration of medications while supporting residents with their daily care needs. Working under the supervision and direction of licensed nursing staff, you will help ensure medications are administered accurately, resident responses are appropriately observed and reported, and documentation is completed in accordance with facility procedures and applicable requirements.

In addition to medication administration responsibilities, you will assist residents with activities of daily living, mobility, personal care, and other needs within your authorized scope of practice.

This position is ideal for a healthcare professional who values accuracy, accountability, resident relationships, teamwork, and the opportunity to continue developing within a skilled nursing environment.

Medication Administration & Monitoring

• Prepare and administer medications as authorized and delegated in accordance with physician orders, facility policies, applicable Wyoming requirements, and permitted scope of practice

• Follow established medication administration procedures, including appropriate resident identification and documentation

• Maintain accurate and timely medication administration records within the electronic medical record (EMR) or medication administration record (MAR)

• Observe residents for medication effectiveness, potential side effects, adverse reactions, or changes in condition and promptly report concerns to the licensed nurse

• Immediately communicate medication errors, omissions, refusals, unavailable medications, or other medication-related concerns to the supervising licensed nurse

• Follow established procedures regarding medication storage, security, handling, and disposal

• Maintain medication carts and medication-related work areas in a clean, organized, and secure condition

• Obtain and document vital signs or other authorized observations when required before or after medication administration

• Never independently alter medication orders, dosages, schedules, or routes outside authorized scope and delegation

Resident Care & Support

• Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, personal hygiene, and nutritional assistance

• Assist with safe transfers, ambulation, repositioning, and mobility in accordance with individualized care plans

• Respond promptly and professionally to call lights and resident requests

• Provide toileting and incontinence care while maintaining resident privacy, dignity, and comfort

• Assist residents with meals, hydration, and feeding when required

• Promote resident independence and encourage residents to participate in care to the greatest extent possible

• Maintain resident rooms and care areas in a clean, organized, and safe condition

• Provide compassionate emotional support and build respectful relationships with residents

Observation & Changes in Condition

• Observe residents for changes in physical, cognitive, emotional, functional, or behavioral condition

• Promptly report changes in condition to the supervising licensed nurse

• Recognize and immediately report signs of possible medication reactions or other clinical concerns

• Accurately obtain, record, and communicate assigned vital signs and resident observations

• Report falls, injuries, incidents, skin concerns, pain, changes in appetite or hydration, and other resident concerns according to facility procedures

• Respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations and immediately obtain licensed nursing assistance when necessary

Documentation & Communication

• Maintain accurate, timely, and complete documentation of…