CMA, Medication Assistant, Certified, Long Term Care (LTC) - PT Evenings
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Job Summary). Responsibilities (list of duties). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Pay (salary range). Schedule (shift details). Possibly Skills? Not explicit separate; could be part of qualifications. We'll not create Skills if no specific list.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual salary range, so Pay section is valid.
Schedule: we have Shift: Evening, Job Schedule: Part time Weekly Hours: 20.00, also mention 8 hour shifts. That's specific.
Now we need to extract content.
Job Summary paragraph: "The Medication Assistant (MA) serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse. Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care. Provides assistance with basic health care needs including daily living activities that may include, but are not limited to, bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing/undressing, obtaining and recording vital signs, and providing psycho-social support and other personal care to assigned resident. May assist the resident in transferring, re-positioning, and walking using correct and appropriate transfer techniques and equipment and provides range of motion and passive exercises. Completes tasks related to food preparation and dining, while creating a positive dining experience for the resident. May assist residents with meals and snacks; provide water and supplements as appropriate. Administers prescribed medications as delegated by a licensed nurse and within their scope of practice as defined by state regulations. Documents the outcomes related to resident care, medication administration, behavior, activity, and dietary. Communicates changing condition, medication follow-up and care related concerns/responses to the charge nurse. Collects non-invasive body fluid specimens and gathers vital signs. Provides housekeeping and laundry services to assist residents with keeping living areas clean and operational. Provides assistance and documentation with wellness and recreational programs and encourages residents to participate. May participate in departmental/organization committees and task forces as needed."
That's responsibilities essentially. Could be About the role (summary) and Responsibilities (list). But we can combine? The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should separate About the role (maybe a brief overview) and Responsibilities (list). However the job summary is quite detailed; we could treat it as About the role (prose) and then Responsibilities as a list of duties extracted from that same paragraph? But that would duplicate content. Better to treat About the role as a short prose summarizing role, and Responsibilities as a list of duties. But we must preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose details. If we split, we need to ensure no loss. Could put the summary in About the role as a paragraph, and then list responsibilities as bullet points derived from the same sentences. That would preserve all info (just rephrased as list). However we must not invent or summarize away detail; but converting prose to list is okay as long as we keep all details. We'll need to ensure we don't miss any detail.
Alternatively, we could have only About the role (prose) and Responsibilities omitted, but then we lose the list format requirement? Not required to have Responsibilities if no specific content? But we have duties; we could put them under Responsibilities as list. About the role could be a brief paragraph: "The Medication Assistant (MA) serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse." That's a summary; but we would lose many details if we only keep that. Better to put the full detail under Responsibilities as list, and maybe About the role could be a short sentence: "The Medication Assistant provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance under nurse supervision." But that would be summarizing and losing detail? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Summarizing away detail is not allowed. So we cannot omit details. Therefore we must include all details somewhere. If we put them in Responsibilities list, we keep all details. About the role could be a short paragraph that is essentially the same as the first sentence? That would be summarizing but not losing detail if we also have the list. However the first sentence is part of the detail; we could repeat it in both places, but that's okay as long as we don't lose detail. Repeating is not prohibited. So we can have About the role: a brief overview (maybe first sentence) and Responsibilities: detailed list. That preserves all detail (the list includes everything). The overview may be redundant but not losing detail.
Alternatively, we could skip About the role and just have Responsibilities list that includes all detail, and that would preserve all detail. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having only Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule would be 5 sections. That's fine. About the role could be omitted if we think it's redundant. But the instruction says to use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It doesn't require all; just use them when content exists. So we can omit About the role if we feel the responsibilities cover it. However the job summary is more of an overview; but we can treat that as About the role (prose) and responsibilities as list; but that splits detail. Safer to keep all detail in Responsibilities list and omit About the role to avoid duplication and potential summarizing away. But we need to ensure we don't lose any detail: the list will contain all duties from the job summary. Let's extract each duty as bullet.
Let's parse the job summary sentences into bullet points:
- Serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse.
- Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care.
- Provides assistance with basic health care needs including daily living activities that may include, but are not limited to:
- bathing
- toileting
- grooming
- dressing/undressing
- obtaining and recording vital signs
- providing psycho-social support and other personal care to assigned resident
- May assist the resident in transferring, re-positioning, and walking using correct and appropriate transfer techniques and equipment and provides range of motion and passive exercises.
- Completes tasks related to food preparation and dining, while creating a positive dining experience for the resident.
- May assist residents with meals and snacks; provide water and supplements as appropriate.
- Administers prescribed medications as delegated by a licensed nurse and within their scope of practice as defined by state regulations.
- Documents the outcomes related to resident care, medication administration, behavior, activity, and dietary.
- Communicates changing condition, medication follow-up and care related concerns/responses to the charge nurse.
- Collects non-invasive body fluid specimens and gathers vital signs.
- Provides housekeeping and laundry services to assist residents with keeping living areas clean and operational.
- Provides assistance and documentation with wellness and recreational programs and encourages residents to participate.
- May participate in departmental/organization committees and task forces as needed.
We need to ensure we keep the nuance: "Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care." That's a bullet.
Now Qualifications: list:
- High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required.
- Minimum age of 18 preferred.
- Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred.
- Satisfactorily completes yearly department specific competency testing and maintains a record of continuing education credits for each year.
- A minimum of 12 hours continuing education are required annually based on state requirements.
- Maintains all department specific required certifications.
- When applicable, may need a valid driver's license and auto insurance.
- State-specific requirements:
- Iowa: Require Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification with the State Board of Nursing. CNA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing. Successful completion of a state-approved Certified Medication Aide/Assistant course once CNA certification is obtained.
- Minnesota: Must have nursing assistant certification, have completed the 75-hour course and be registered with the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry. Successful completion of a state-approved Trained Medication Assistant course.
- North Dakota: Require Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification with the State Board of Nursing. CNA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing. Successful completion of a state-approved Certified Medication Aide/Assistant course once CNA certification is obtained. If working in an Assisted Living or Basic Care facility, Medication Assistant I certification required. If working in a skilled nursing facility, Medication Assistant II certification is required.
- South Dakota: Must successfully complete the state approved Certified Medication Aide (CMA) course. CMA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing.
- For all Good Samaritan and Sanford nursing facilities: Must have the state required certified/trained medication aide certification (CMA or TMA). Active certified nursing assistant registration in state of practice, or ability to obtain within 120 days, is required.
We need to preserve all that. Could be a list with subpoints.
Benefits: list:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Work/life balance benefits
- Generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance
Also mention "Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include ..." and link. We'll keep the list.
Pay: Salary Range: $18.50 - $28.00
Schedule: Shift: Evening; Job Schedule: Part time; Weekly Hours: 20.00; also mention 8 hour shifts.
We could combine: "Evening shift, part-time, 20 hours per week (8-hour shifts)."
Now we need to output HTML fragment with
headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We'll have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We might also include a short
for About the role? Not needed.
Let's craft.
We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, drug free workplace, etc. Remove those lines.
Also remove "Req Number: R-0272347 Job Function: Nursing Featured: No". Remove facility address? The address is location info; is that substantive? It's location; maybe we could include as a short paragraph under About the role? But location is not a heading; we could include in a
maybe under About the role. However the instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Location is not minor metadata? It's location of job; could be considered minor metadata but still substantive? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; location is substantive.
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe from Job Summary). Responsibilities (list of duties). Qualifications (list). Benefits (list). Pay (salary range). Schedule (shift details). Possibly Skills? Not explicit separate; could be part of qualifications. We'll not create Skills if no specific list. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual salary range, so Pay section is valid. Schedule: we have Shift: Evening, Job Schedule: Part time Weekly Hours: 20.00, also mention 8 hour shifts. That's specific. Now we need to extract content. Job Summary paragraph: "The Medication Assistant (MA) serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse. Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care. Provides assistance with basic health care needs including daily living activities that may include, but are not limited to, bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing/undressing, obtaining and recording vital signs, and providing psycho-social support and other personal care to assigned resident. May assist the resident in transferring, re-positioning, and walking using correct and appropriate transfer techniques and equipment and provides range of motion and passive exercises. Completes tasks related to food preparation and dining, while creating a positive dining experience for the resident. May assist residents with meals and snacks; provide water and supplements as appropriate. Administers prescribed medications as delegated by a licensed nurse and within their scope of practice as defined by state regulations. Documents the outcomes related to resident care, medication administration, behavior, activity, and dietary. Communicates changing condition, medication follow-up and care related concerns/responses to the charge nurse. Collects non-invasive body fluid specimens and gathers vital signs. Provides housekeeping and laundry services to assist residents with keeping living areas clean and operational. Provides assistance and documentation with wellness and recreational programs and encourages residents to participate. May participate in departmental/organization committees and task forces as needed." That's responsibilities essentially. Could be About the role (summary) and Responsibilities (list). But we can combine? The instruction: Use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should separate About the role (maybe a brief overview) and Responsibilities (list). However the job summary is quite detailed; we could treat it as About the role (prose) and then Responsibilities as a list of duties extracted from that same paragraph? But that would duplicate content. Better to treat About the role as a short prose summarizing role, and Responsibilities as a list of duties. But we must preserve all substantive information; we cannot lose details. If we split, we need to ensure no loss. Could put the summary in About the role as a paragraph, and then list responsibilities as bullet points derived from the same sentences. That would preserve all info (just rephrased as list). However we must not invent or summarize away detail; but converting prose to list is okay as long as we keep all details. We'll need to ensure we don't miss any detail. Alternatively, we could have only About the role (prose) and Responsibilities omitted, but then we lose the list format requirement? Not required to have Responsibilities if no specific content? But we have duties; we could put them under Responsibilities as list. About the role could be a brief paragraph: "The Medication Assistant (MA) serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse." That's a summary; but we would lose many details if we only keep that. Better to put the full detail under Responsibilities as list, and maybe About the role could be a short sentence: "The Medication Assistant provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance under nurse supervision." But that would be summarizing and losing detail? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Summarizing away detail is not allowed. So we cannot omit details. Therefore we must include all details somewhere. If we put them in Responsibilities list, we keep all details. About the role could be a short paragraph that is essentially the same as the first sentence? That would be summarizing but not losing detail if we also have the list. However the first sentence is part of the detail; we could repeat it in both places, but that's okay as long as we don't lose detail. Repeating is not prohibited. So we can have About the role: a brief overview (maybe first sentence) and Responsibilities: detailed list. That preserves all detail (the list includes everything). The overview may be redundant but not losing detail. Alternatively, we could skip About the role and just have Responsibilities list that includes all detail, and that would preserve all detail. The instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Having only Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule would be 5 sections. That's fine. About the role could be omitted if we think it's redundant. But the instruction says to use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It doesn't require all; just use them when content exists. So we can omit About the role if we feel the responsibilities cover it. However the job summary is more of an overview; but we can treat that as About the role (prose) and responsibilities as list; but that splits detail. Safer to keep all detail in Responsibilities list and omit About the role to avoid duplication and potential summarizing away. But we need to ensure we don't lose any detail: the list will contain all duties from the job summary. Let's extract each duty as bullet. Let's parse the job summary sentences into bullet points: - Serves as caregiver who provides resident-centered nursing care and daily living assistance to assigned residents under the supervision of a charge nurse. - Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care. - Provides assistance with basic health care needs including daily living activities that may include, but are not limited to: - bathing - toileting - grooming - dressing/undressing - obtaining and recording vital signs - providing psycho-social support and other personal care to assigned resident - May assist the resident in transferring, re-positioning, and walking using correct and appropriate transfer techniques and equipment and provides range of motion and passive exercises. - Completes tasks related to food preparation and dining, while creating a positive dining experience for the resident. - May assist residents with meals and snacks; provide water and supplements as appropriate. - Administers prescribed medications as delegated by a licensed nurse and within their scope of practice as defined by state regulations. - Documents the outcomes related to resident care, medication administration, behavior, activity, and dietary. - Communicates changing condition, medication follow-up and care related concerns/responses to the charge nurse. - Collects non-invasive body fluid specimens and gathers vital signs. - Provides housekeeping and laundry services to assist residents with keeping living areas clean and operational. - Provides assistance and documentation with wellness and recreational programs and encourages residents to participate. - May participate in departmental/organization committees and task forces as needed. We need to ensure we keep the nuance: "Knowledge of and delivers age-appropriate care related to the physical and psychological needs of the resident as per plan of care." That's a bullet. Now Qualifications: list: - High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required. - Minimum age of 18 preferred. - Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred. - Satisfactorily completes yearly department specific competency testing and maintains a record of continuing education credits for each year. - A minimum of 12 hours continuing education are required annually based on state requirements. - Maintains all department specific required certifications. - When applicable, may need a valid driver's license and auto insurance. - State-specific requirements: - Iowa: Require Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification with the State Board of Nursing. CNA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing. Successful completion of a state-approved Certified Medication Aide/Assistant course once CNA certification is obtained. - Minnesota: Must have nursing assistant certification, have completed the 75-hour course and be registered with the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry. Successful completion of a state-approved Trained Medication Assistant course. - North Dakota: Require Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification with the State Board of Nursing. CNA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing. Successful completion of a state-approved Certified Medication Aide/Assistant course once CNA certification is obtained. If working in an Assisted Living or Basic Care facility, Medication Assistant I certification required. If working in a skilled nursing facility, Medication Assistant II certification is required. - South Dakota: Must successfully complete the state approved Certified Medication Aide (CMA) course. CMA certification must be maintained with the State Board of Nursing. - For all Good Samaritan and Sanford nursing facilities: Must have the state required certified/trained medication aide certification (CMA or TMA). Active certified nursing assistant registration in state of practice, or ability to obtain within 120 days, is required. We need to preserve all that. Could be a list with subpoints. Benefits: list: - Health insurance - Dental insurance - Vision insurance - Life insurance - 401(k) retirement plan - Work/life balance benefits - Generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance Also mention "Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include ..." and link. We'll keep the list. Pay: Salary Range: $18.50 - $28.00 Schedule: Shift: Evening; Job Schedule: Part time; Weekly Hours: 20.00; also mention 8 hour shifts. We could combine: "Evening shift, part-time, 20 hours per week (8-hour shifts)." Now we need to output HTML fragment with
headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We'll have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We might also include a short
for About the role? Not needed.
Let's craft.
We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, drug free workplace, etc. Remove those lines.
Also remove "Req Number: R-0272347 Job Function: Nursing Featured: No". Remove facility address? The address is location info; is that substantive? It's location; maybe we could include as a short paragraph under About the role? But location is not a heading; we could include in a
maybe under About the role. However the instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Location is not minor metadata? It's location of job; could be considered minor metadata but still substantive? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; location is substantive.
for prose. We'll have sections: Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We might also include a short
for About the role? Not needed. Let's craft. We need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, drug free workplace, etc. Remove those lines. Also remove "Req Number: R-0272347 Job Function: Nursing Featured: No". Remove facility address? The address is location info; is that substantive? It's location; maybe we could include as a short paragraph under About the role? But location is not a heading; we could include in a
maybe under About the role. However the instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Location is not minor metadata? It's location of job; could be considered minor metadata but still substantive? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; location is substantive.