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Care One, Llc
Certified Medication Aide
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A Medication Aide or Technician provides medication to patients in long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. This role provides one pathway into licensed nursing training. May help measure and record vital signs, and assist in activities of daily living (ADLS).
$37,806 / year median in New Jersey
+20% projected growth
Job Description
CareOne is Hiring! Full-Time, Part-Time & Per Diem Opportunities Available Across Multiple Shifts Balance Life & Work with a New Career Opportunity Now Hiring - Certified Medication Aide (CMA) - Paramus, NJ Salary range: $20.00 to $25.00 per hour CareOne Harmony Village at Paramus The Certified Medication Aide (CMA) will be responsible for, but not limited to: Provide medication administration to residents under direction of RN. Provide patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, back rubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. Provide for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. Provide adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sits and therapeutic baths; applying restraints. Maintain patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information. Provide patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor. Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. Maintain work operations by following policies and procedures. Serve and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and JCHAO standards. Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; maintaining licensure. Enhance nursing department and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.