Job description

Certified Medication Aide $4000.00 SIGN ON BONUS

SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL

Hallettsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Hallettsville

When you join our team at Regency Integrated Health Services, you join a team of professionals that believes in integrity, and commitment to communication, service, growth, and fiscal responsibility.

We work together to make a real difference in the lives of our residents.

Ensuring the quality of life for our residents and our employees is our mission. We strive to help resident's and employees reach their goals.

Regency understands each member of its staff has their own career goals. We work hard to ensure our employees meet their personal and professional goals. It is not uncommon to hear success stories in each facility about someone starting at the bottom of our company and working their way to where they are now.

We are seeking like-minded professionals who share our passion to help and serve our communities, staff, and residents. When you join our family, you join an organization committed to excellence, its more than a job its calling!

Primary Responsibilities

The Certified Mediation Aide will prepare, administer, and document prescribed medications per protocol

Essential Functions

• Administers prescribed medications and treatments as defined by state regulations in accordance with company policy and procedure.
• Observe and report to the facility's charge nurse reactions and side-effects to medication shown by a resident
• Take and record vital signs prior to the administration of medication which could affect or change the vital signs
• Reports to charge nurse and documents reasons prescribed drugs are not administered.
• Administer regularly prescribed medication which the permit holder has been trained to administer only after personally preparing (setting up) the medication to be administered
• The medication aide will document the administered medication in the resident's medication administration record
• Administer oxygen per nasal canula or a non-sealing face mask only in an emergency; immediately after the emergency, the medication aide shall verbally notify the licensed nurse on duty or on call and appropriately document the action and notification.
• Apply specifically ordered ophthalmic, OTIC, nasal, and vaginal medication
• Be able to accurately follow all principals of good medication administration
• Assist in customary daily requirements and tasks in care and treatment such as bathing, feeding, dressing, observing intake of food, care of hair, nails, moving residents from area to area, responding to calls, etc., which includes lifting, transferring
• Helps charge nurses with the cleanliness of the nursing station, medication room and supply room.

Educational/Training Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent is preferred

Licensing Requirements

• Successful completion of State Approved Medication Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program. Good standing in the state registry is required.

Experience Requirements

• Preferred one (1) year of previous health care experience
• Must demonstrate working knowledge of Universal Precautions and the Blood Borne Pathogen rules.

Why Work for Regency?

• Competitive pay and performance-based evaluations
• Major medical, dental, and vision
• Employee REACH Wellness program
• Supplement Insurance: Critical Illness, Hospital, Accident, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance plus more!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• PayActiv Paycard- get your paycheck up to 2 days faster plus pay advances!
• Empower 401(k)
• Holiday, Paid Time Off, and Bereavement
• Telehealth services- $0 copay
• Shoes for Crews Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Engagement activities

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics

Physical setting:

• Nursing home

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Differential pay
• Overtime pay
• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hallettsville, TX 77964: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Medication administration: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Certified Medication Aide (Required)
• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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