Medication Aide (CMA)

Douglas County Health Center is a Federal Contractor and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) facility requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 upon employment.

Benefits

For employees working 21 hours or more per week:

• Referral Bonus up to $2000
• Medical premiums as low as $28.76 biweekly for single coverage
• Dental premiums as low as $2.06 biweekly for single coverage
• Vision premiums as low as $5.72 per month for single coverage
• Long-term disability premium paid by County
• Basic Life Insurance premium paid by County
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts funded $1,000 per year for single coverage or $600 annual deductible for single coverage
• 12 paid holidays per year
• 2 weeks’ vacation per year
• 14 paid sick days per year
• Upon vested retirement, pension payments for life
• Optional benefits (e.g. short-term disability, whole life policy, cancer policy, legal services, additional term life policy)

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Completion of a State certified 75-hour Nursing Assistant course required and maintained in good standing
• Attainment of a State certified 40-hour Medication Aide certification class and exam required and maintained in good standing
• Completion of the 10 required competencies of a Medication Aide as defined in Nebraska State Statute within the first 14 days of employment required
• Basic life support/cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification required within six (6) months of hire and must maintain throughout employment
• Must be at least 19 years of age
• Six (6) months experience as a medication aide or one (1) year as a nursing assistant preferred
• Experience with electronic medical records preferred
• Completion of pre-employment drug screen, criminal records check, physical assessment, and health review required
• Completion of an annual health review required

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a health care facility
• Assigned shifts may vary (e.g. days, hours, holidays, weekends, and overtime)
• Work involves potential exposure to biohazards, infectious materials and risk of injury from distraught individuals
• Work may be stressful when dealing with multiple priorities, time constraints, limited resources and uncooperative/irate individuals
• Extended periods of walking and standing with occasional climbing, reaching, carrying, balancing, kneeling, crouching and bending
• Ability to frequently lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds as well as push/pull up to 50 pounds of force with grip strength of 65 pounds
• Visual abilities include close, distance and color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Communication abilities include the ability to talk and hear within normal ranges