CERTIFIED MED AIDE 6A-2P

Position Summary

Under direct supervision prepares, administers, and documents medications and performs functions as a certified nursing assistant.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Following accepted practices and regulations, prepares, administers, and documents medications for residents

• Completes/updates the Electronic Medication Report, as required

• Assists residents with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, changing of bed linens, and positioning in and out of bed

• Assists residents with eating where needed and record food intake

• Reads and follows daily care plans. Performs assigned restorative and rehabilitative procedures, monitors and records vital signs, reports changes in resident’s condition to the charge nurse, documents care provisions on resident record/flow sheets as required and reports accidents and incidents

• Maintains resident confidentiality. Complies with all company, state, and OSHA standards

• Performs other related duties as required or requested

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Highschool diploma or equivalent

• 1 year of long term care C.N.A experience

• Must have active state CMA license/certification

• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Physical Demands – Office

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus

Work Environment – Office

This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.