Qualified Medication Aide

The Elizabeth Scott Community is a 5 Star Facility and we are excited to announce we are currently hiring for a Full Time Qualified Medication Assistant to join our growing team. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals who are eager to make a difference in people's lives. This is a non-skilled nursing position. The Qualified Medication Assistant will assist all residents in Assisted Living for basic care as required under the supervision of the Health Services Coordinator or Charge Nurse.

We also encourage applicants who do not apply on our website to stop out to our facility to complete an application. Applications are accepted at Elizabeth Scott during regular business hours Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Our address is 2720 Albon Rd. Maumee, Ohio 43537

The Elizabeth Scott Community is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

QMA must do the following:

• Document in the resident record symptoms indicating the need for the medication and time
• the symptoms occurred.
• Document in the resident record that the facility’s licensed nurse was contacted, symptoms
• were described, and permission was granted to administer the medication, including the time
• of contact.
• Obtain permission to administer the medication each time the symptoms occur in the
• Ensure that the resident’s record is cosigned by the licensed nurse who gave permission by
• the end of the nurse’s shift, or if the nurse was on call, by the end of the nurse’s next tour of
• Apply topical medication to minor skin conditions such as dermatitis, scabies, pediculosis,
• fungal-infection, psoriasis, eczema, first degree burn, stage one decubitus ulcer.
• Conduct hemoccult testing and report result to the licensed nurse.
• Conduct finger stick blood glucose testing (specific to the glucose meter used), reporting
• result to the licensed nurse.
• Apply a dressing to a minor skin tear that has been assessed by a licensed nurse.
• Provide ordered site care and apply a dressing to a healed G-tube or J-tube site.
• Empty and change colostomy bag.
• Instill a commercially prepared disposable enema (approximately one hundred twenty (120)
• milliliters or four and one-half (4.5) ounces) after the resident has been assessed by the licensed
• nurse (for bowel sounds and potential impaction) and the licensed nurse has instructed the QMA
• to instill the enema.
• Administer a Sitz Bath, if ordered by the physician, and report any unusual observations to
• the licensed nurse.
• Apply a cold, dry compress as directed by the physician or by the licensed nurse in
• emergency situations requiring first-aid treatment.
• Conduct diabetic urine testing, for example, tablet, dipstick, or test tape methods.
• Collect fecal or urine specimens as ordered by the physician.
• Document in the clinical record the QMA observations, including what the QMA sees,
• hears, or smells and document what is reported to the QMA by the resident.
• Follow all federal, state, and facility regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

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