Certified Medication Aide (AM)

About the Role

The Care Partner/Certified Medication Aide assists with the administration of medications and participates in health maintenance activities that do not include complex activities of daily living. The Care Partner provides person-directed duties consistent with enabling Members to achieve their goals and live life to the fullest. In the Model of Care, the Care Partner is responsible for meeting the needs of personal services, facilitating and initiating group and individual social, emotional, and cognitive engagement, and activities of daily living. The role offers limited health maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Assists members with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, and toileting as needed.
• Collects limited specimen types as instructed.
• Reports and records observations daily by the end of the shift.
• Answers call lights promptly.
• Changes bed linens, handles laundry, makes beds, and keeps rooms clean and orderly.
• Provides the highest level of person-directed care, honoring and respecting Members' rights to make choices regarding their daily lives, activities, and medical care.
• Upholds the Model of Care in the Households, ensuring all team members provide person-directed care.
• Understands common classifications of medications and recognizes side effects and adverse reactions for specific medications.
• Follows infection control procedures relative to providing assistance with medications.
• Properly documents and records assistance in administration, medication storage, and disposal, including:
  • Checking and safely preparing medications.
  • Checking and administering medications.
  • Checking and documenting medication assistance.
  • Notifying LPN of any adverse reactions/issues with medication.
• Administers medication based on state CMA guidelines and within Assisted Living regulatory provisions.
• Adheres to all HIPAA guidelines.
• Maintains safe and sanitary work stations and equipment.
• Encourages independence and facilitates meaningful activities, ongoing engagement, and one-on-one interaction.
• Attends in-service training and education sessions as assigned.
• Performs all other specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Guide.

Hospitality Focus

We fully embrace a culture of hospitality. The following promises guide our interpersonal interactions with Members, co-workers, and guests:

• Greet members, employees, and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.
• Treat everyone with courteous respect.
• Strive to anticipate member, employee, and guest needs and act accordingly.
• Listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
• Hold ourselves and one another accountable.
• Embrace and value our differences.
• Make members, employees, and guests feel important.
• Ask, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
• Maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
• Pay attention to details.

Wellness Focus

Our employees are expected to promote a healthy community culture for all members and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness, including eight dimensions: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual, and Vocational. Through these efforts, we ensure and exceed members’ wellness needs relating to mind, body, and soul, which may also positively affect employees.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a State-approved geriatric nursing assistant training program.
• Prior geriatric nursing aide experience is preferred.
• Registration with State registry required.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions in English, communicate effectively, and perform simple arithmetic.
• Ability to document care given.

Physical Requirements / Working Conditions

• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, stretching, and squatting.
• May be exposed to blood and body fluids which may contain HIV and/or HBV.
• Must be able to transport members via wheelchair or shower chair, pushing up to 150 lbs. unassisted.
• Must be able to transfer, turn, and position a member weighing up to 125 lbs. utilizing assistance when needed.
• Must be able to stoop, bend, stretch, squat, stand, and walk for up to 90% of the workday.
• May be subjected to offensive odors and combative behavior.
• Must be able to reach above your head occasionally.
• Must be able to push a dietary cart up to 40 lbs. unassisted.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 20 lbs. frequently and 50 lbs. occasionally.

Schedule

• 12-hour shift (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM), day shift.
• Weekly availability: Monday–Friday and every other weekend.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance