Certified Medication Aide

Position Summary

Provide assistance and direction to residents with personal care needs and activities of daily living. Provide medication administration assistance and coordination to residents.

• Obtains and records resident’s vital signs and weight.
• Administers and documents medications given by following specifically written physicians orders, including oral, topical, and suppository medications, as well as eye and ear drops.
• Reorders prescriptions and coordinates with pharmacy providers to ensure residents have ordered medications.
• Observes, records, and reports observations such as unexpected and untoward effects from medications.
• Assists residents with activities of daily living.
• Answer resident calls for assistance.
• Assists residents to and from the dining room and activities.
• Assists and monitors residents during dining.
• Assists residents with light daily housekeeping and trash removal.
• Assists Lifestyles Coordinator with carrying out activities for residents.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Current CMA certificate in the state of Texas.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience.
• Current CPR Certification.

• Language Ability:
  • Ability to communicate effectively in writing and speaking the primary language of the residents.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Cognitive Demands:
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• Works primarily indoors in a climate controlled setting
• Possible exposure to unpleasant odors
• Possible exposure to chemicals as identified in the MSDS Manual
• Continuous exposure to residents who are ill, confused, irritable and irrational