Medication Aide

Overview

Administer and document oral/topical meds and provide resident personal care

Key Responsibilities

• medication prep
• dose administration
• charting records
• resident communication
• personal care
• emergency response

Tasks

-Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and suppository drugs. The OMT who prepares the medicine administers same. Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding administration. Follows administration protocol: -Communicate to residents, families, Department Heads and the Director of Resident Services when needed. -Records administration of the medication on resident’s medication administration record. -Complete and document shift assignments as assigned, if unable to complete, report to nursing supervisor. -Provide activities as planned and/or directed. -Checks all information on label or package for accuracy and clarity. -Assist residents with mealtime. Cut food. Encourage to eat. -Checks with the charge nurse if there are any questions regarding any medication. -Checks medication with transcribed or original order. -Reports medication errors or reactions to medications immediately to the charge nurse, who, in turn, reports to the resident’s attending physician and completes the necessary documentation. -Assist all residents/clients with a high quality of personal care, including but not limited to; bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, incontinent care, foot care, vital signs, height and weight checks per policy. -Administers scheduled narcotics only. PRN narcotics to be administered by nurse. -Respond to call lights and emergencies in a timely manner.

Requirements

• nursing assistant
• medication aide
• oral technician
• iowa registry
• cma/omt
• one year

What You Bring

-Graduation from certified 75-hour Nursing Assistant Program. -Clearly identifies the resident with proper medication. -.One (1) year experience working as a CMA/OMT in assisted living preferred. -Current Oral Medication Technician/Medication Aide certification -Current status on Iowa Nurse Aide Registry.

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About Lcs

-As an innovative developer and operator, it handles master planning, new builds, expansions, renovations, and ancillary services. -Typical projects range from continuing care retirement communities to stand-alone assisted-living and memory-care campuses. -Specialisms span residential senior housing, healthcare operations, memory care, assisted living, community development. -Earned national recognition for workplace culture and customer satisfaction, including Gallup and J.D. Power honors. -Unusually, LCS integrates a chef-of-the-year contest across its communities, highlighting its hospitality flair. -Grounded in data, it uses proprietary analytics platforms to drive decisions across its senior-living portfolio.

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