About this opportunity
GetHired, Inc. lists this Certified Medication Aide/C.N.A.-1st shift opportunity in winfield, Kansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Staring Pay $17.00 per hour and commensurate with experience.
JobClassification: Non-Exempt, Full-Time or Part-Time
ReportingRelationship: Director of Nursing
Primary Accountabilities
The CertifiedMedication Aide (CMA) assist the licensed nurses in providing safe and ethicalcare for elders with administering prescribed medications in a timely manner,ensuring medications are ordered on time, and medication cart is clean andorganized. Will serve elders in an honorable way byworking with all facility staff in developing a team approach to care for theelders by assisting with ADLs, maintaining a pleasant environment, being afriend, taking vitals, reporting abnormalities to the charge nurse, complyingwith the Elder Justice Act and respecting Resident Rights.
Major Duties
Administrationof medications by providing the right resident, right medication, right dose,right time, right route, right documentation, right reason, right response, andproper hand hygiene.
Acknowledgementof each medication use, side effect, interactions, warnings, and what tomonitor.
Correctlycounting medications at shift change as per facility protocol.
Re-orderingmedications in a timely manner as per facility protocol.
Properstorage of medications in the medication cart and the medication room.
Medicationcart will be clean and organized by not allowing creams, ointments, powders,nasal sprays, eye drops, and inhalers to be stored touching.
Medicationequipment is cleaned and disinfected as protocol.
Followfacility Infection Control Program.
Communicateany changes in condition to the charge nurse immediately.
Acknowledgement of eachelder’s care plan from reviewing Kardex daily.
Developing routinecares with your elders and co-workers and being flexible with any changes.
Preforming elder caresof bathing, hygiene & grooming, oral cares, meals, safe transfers,mobility, toileting, and any other cares described in elder’s Kardex.
Provides peri care andcatheter care, handling and placing tubing appropriate to avoid infections.
Assures all assignedelders are dressed in clothing that is clean, in good repair, and appropriatefor season and time of day according to elder’s choice and preference. Changingsoiled clothing upon discovery.
Assist elders withapplication of hearing aide, clean eyeglasses and any prostheses.
Obtains vital signs anddocuments accurately: height & weight, respirations, pulse & pulseoximetry, temperature, blood pressure, reports of pain, and reports of anyabnormality.
Major Duties Continued
Completes delegatedtask from the charge nurse
Use care plannedassistive devices with elder.
Assist elder withcorrect diet and snacks.
Wear full uniform dailyof name tag, pager, and walkie.
Answering call lightsin a timely manner.
Immediately reports anyelder grievances to the charge nurse.
Attending all annualrequired education and training provided by the facility.
Required Qualifications
Musthave a current and valid Kansas Medication Aide Certification
Must have a current andvalid Kansas Nursing Assistant Certification
Ability to read andunderstand Policies and Procedures
Ability to add,subtract, and understand decimals and fractions in all units of measure
Ability to read and understand amedication label
Must be familiar with policiesand procedures that pertain to elder care. Must promote the highest quality ofcare by being involved in at least one of the following: QAPI, SafetyCommittee, At Risk Committee, Infection Control committee, any PIPs, andon-going education and training.
Safe handling ofequipment by attending all training prior to using equipment and followingsafety guidelines.
Ability to listen andcommunicate step by step procedures to elders with maintaining elder dignity.
Ability to read andwrite for communication and documentation.
Compassionate, mature,sympathetic, and professional at all times.
The ability tounderstand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagramform.
Ability to learn theelectronic medical records, documentation, and reading the Kardex
Ability to operate acomputer at a moderate skill level.
Physical Demands
Ability to stand, walk,sit, and bend for extended periods of time throughout the day.
Ability to lift 50pounds
Ability to read computerscreens, e-mails, and talk on the phone.
Work requires fingerdexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate equipment and computer.
Possible exposure tochemicals as identified in the MSDS Manual.
Continuous exposure toelders who are ill, confused, and need your assistance.
Work Environment
Professional and deadline-orientedenvironment in a residential setting
Interaction with olderadults with varying levels of ability
Team environment thatincludes all staff, elders, elder’s representatives, and community
Additional Duties
Additional duties andresponsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. This jobdescription does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required tofollow any job- related instructions and to perform any job- related responsibilities within their scope of practice as requested by theirsupervisor.
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Worksite address
winfield, KS, 67156, US
Who can apply
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