QMA: Medication Aide with Flexible Shifts & Benefits

People Powered; Bluffton (SC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug

Dental

Vision Care

Telemedicine Program

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Account

401(k) Savings Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time-Off

Job summary

River Terrace Retirement Community in Bluffton, IN is seeking a Qualified Medication Aide (QMA) to administer prescribed medications and maintain medical records under supervision. Shifts include 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, and 10pm-6am.

The role requires CNA program completion and QMA designation, and candidates must be 18 or older. Duties include patient care, vital signs, documentation, and medication inventory management.

Qualifications

• Completion of a state-approved CNA program.
• Successful completion of Qualified Medication Aide designation requirements.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Responsibilities

• Verifies identity of patient receiving medication and records drug name, dosage, and time of administration.
• Presents medication to the patient and observes ingestion or other application, or administers medication.
• Takes vital signs or observes patients to detect responses to medications and prepares reports or notifies staff of reactions.
• Documents reasons prescribed drugs are not administered.
• Gives direct patient care such as bathing, dressing, and feeding patients, and assists in examinations and treatments.
• Receives supply of ordered medications and apportions, mixes, or assembles drugs for administration.
• Records and restocks medication inventories.

Skills

Medication administration

Vital signs monitoring

Record-keeping

Patient care assistance

Education

CNA program

QMA designation

Job description

River Terrace Retirement Community in Bluffton, IN is seeking a Qualified Medication Aide (QMA) to administer prescribed medications and maintain medical records under supervision. Shifts include 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, and 10pm-6am.

The role requires CNA program completion and QMA designation, and candidates must be 18 or older. Duties include patient care, vital signs, documentation, and medication inventory management.