Continuing Education Trainer- Medication Administration Nurse Aide

General Statement of Job

The Medication Administration for Nurse Aide Instructor delivers high-quality instructional training to prepare students for safe and effective medication administration in healthcare settings. This role focuses on teaching state-approved Medication Aide curriculum, ensuring learners understand proper procedures, legal responsibilities, and patient safety standards.

• Instruct students the essential functions expected of an individual enrolled in a Medication Administration for Nurse Aide's Training Program. These functions reflect the knowledge, skills, and competencies necessary to successfully complete training and prepare for state licensure.
• Prepares students to pass the State of Texas Medication Administration for Nurse Aide License
• Implement educational curriculum to ensure student success
• Motivates students to attend class, learn, and be successful
• Demonstrate proper medication administration techniques, including dosage calculation, documentation, and error prevention.
• Maintains students and class records
• Tracks student attendance
• Assess students' academic performance
• Completes and submits course documentation when due
• Inform Coordinators of students not meeting attendance and academic goals and/or not complying with behavior expectations
• Inform Coordinators of support services for students
• Maintains a positive, productive classroom and handles behavior problems effectively
• Communicate with students, staff and peers in a professional, respectful, and constructive manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Associate's degree Required.
• Minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience in any healthcare setting required

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and compete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and the mission of South Texas College
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

• Licensed Registered Nurse (R.N.) required
• Security Sensitive position;
  All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.

• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree ad requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely
• Standing particularly for sustained periods of time
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Cloe visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.