Certified Medication Aide or LPN (22.5 hours per week) #3213

The Reedsburg Area Senior Life Center is recruiting a Certified Medication Aide or LPN to join our Incredible growing team! You will care for both men and women in a multi-level care setting, ranging from post-acute rehab to hospice. You will work alongside the Charge Nurse to deliver physician-ordered medications and treatments as well as assist with resident personal care.

Position Summary:

Certified Nursing Assistant with additional certification as a Medication Aide on the State and Federal Registry for Wisconsin passes medications and provides direct care to facility residents. The CNA adjusts resident care to facilitate good communication with family, residents and other health team members to best meet and encourage expression of needs from all involved in resident care. The CNA organizes the aspects of care which he/she is accountable for to the best of their ability and supports the charge nurse to efficiently take care of resident needs.

Education and Training Required:

LPN Preferred

Current Federal/State of Wisconsin CMA certification.

Current and acceptable standing with the Nurse Aide Registry as applicable.

Undergo 4 hours of continuing education related to medication administration/pharmacology annually.

Will work 100 hours each calendar year as a medication aide.

Maintain records for three years demonstrating meeting requirements of hours worked.

CPR Certification required.

Meets health requirements.

Experience:

A nursing student can be a medication aide if they are a nurse aide who is currently enrolled in a nursing program and actively taking nursing courses. "Actively taking nursing courses" means there is no break of more than one year between nursing courses. This nurse aide must have passed the medication administration course of an accredited school of nursing in order to administer medications in the nursing home. The nursing home must have a record indicating this nurse aide has taken and passed a medication administration course. If the nurse aide is not actively taking nursing courses, the nurse aide must become a medication aide to continue to administer medications in a nursing home. This can be done by applying for the Challenge Exam.

Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Ability to work in a long-term care environment with appropriate technological support.

Must be able to deal with multiple priorities in a calm manner.

Requires decision-making, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Recognizes legal responsibilities and functions as specified by the Nurse Practice Act.

Employee must demonstrate on an ongoing basis, the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with co-workers and other departments, according to facility Service Excellence Standards.

Ability to stay up to date on all facility training and CPR certifications

Physical Requirements:

Physical Demands:

Frequently stand, walk, and sit.

Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds while transferring and positioning patients and maneuvering equipment while using gait belts and transfer devices.

Occasionally push and pull up to 25 pounds for transporting patients and moving equipment.

Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment or supplies.

Occasionally handle objects, smell, feel control knobs, switches and levers.

Frequently carry objects weighing 10 pounds or less.

Occasionally carry objects weighing 11 - 15 pounds.

Sight:

During a normal work shift, is able to use all sight capacities, including spatial, peripheral and depth perception, near and far vision, colors and accommodation while reviewing patient records, computer screens, gauges on patient equipment, monitors, etc.

Cognition/Communication:

Continually utilizes simple reading skills, normal conversations.Occasional exposure to simple writing skills and basic math functions.Frequently is exposed to low-volume speech with patients and telephone conversations with other members of the healthcare team, physicians and family members.

Potential Hazards:

Occasional exposure to infectious blood/body fluids and diseases requiring infection control practices.

Occasional exposure to needles, syringes/sharps during medication administration, assistance with treatments, and invasive procedures.

May handle hazardous drugs.