Certified Medication Aide - Compassionate Care

Victoria-Gardens-of-Frisc; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Priority Management seeks healthcare professionals to join our care teams who serve patients with dedication and compassion. The role involves verifying resident identity, administering medications, recording dosages and times, and observing ingestion according to procedures.

Additional duties include taking vital signs, monitoring residents for medication responses, and reporting any irregularities to senior staff, while answering nurse call signals and assisting with ongoing patient care and

Qualifications

• Verifies identity of resident receiving medication and records name of drug, dosage and time of administration on specified forms or records.
• Presents medication to resident and observes ingestion or other application or administers medication using specified procedures.
• Takes vital signs or observes residents to detect response to specified types of medications and prepares report or notifies designated personnel of unexpected reactions.
• Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates and food and fluid intake and output as directed.
• Answers signal lights, bells or intercom system to determine resident needs.

Responsibilities

• Verifies identity of resident receiving medication and records name of drug, dosage and time of administration on specified forms or records.
• Presents medication to resident and observes ingestion or other application or administers medication using specified procedures.
• Takes vital signs or observes residents to detect response to specified types of medications and prepares report or notifies designated personnel of unexpected reactions.
• Takes and records temperatures, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates and food and fluid intake and output as directed.
• Answers signal lights, bells or intercom system to determine resident needs.

Skills

Medication administration

Vital signs monitoring

Record keeping

Patient observation

Communication

Job description

Priority Management seeks healthcare professionals to join our care teams who serve patients with dedication and compassion. The role involves verifying resident identity, administering medications, recording dosages and times, and observing ingestion according to procedures.

Additional duties include taking vital signs, monitoring residents for medication responses, and reporting any irregularities to senior staff, while answering nurse call signals and assisting with ongoing patient care and