CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE - WOODMAN UNIT
Company: UTMB Health
Location: Woodway
Posted on: October 5, 2024
Job Description:
Certified Medication Aide - Woodman UnitGatesville, Texas,
United States1 additional locationWaco, Texas, United StatesAllied
HealthUTMB HealthRequisition # 2305978The mission of Correctional
Managed Care is to address the healthcare needs of underserved
patient populations within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.JOB SUMMARY :Performs
technical duties in the field of patient care and participates in
the general health care of patients by providing assistance with
cleanliness, grooming, rest, activity, nourishment, and
distribution of medications. Assists the professional staff in
maintaining a safe therapeutic environment.ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
:
- Collects, reports and documents data: vital signs, height and
weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects
specimens.
- Performs and reports Point of Care Testing.
- Assists with patient activities and care as assigned by the
charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient's plan of
care.
- Provides for patients' personal hygiene: bathes patients,
performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with
chronic wound care, provides skin care for patient with TED hose,
SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the
incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter,
assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches,
and provides ostomy care.
- Assists with feeding.
- Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the
patient with altered mobility.
- Assists with patient safety related to age and condition:
assists with patient restraints, assists with patient specific
safety precautions, collects, reports and documents data related to
patient needs/emergencies and usual patient behavior, and cares for
the patient in a correctional environment.
- On incoming facilities, interviews incoming patients and
completes receiving/screening form; informs nurses and/or
physicians/advanced practice providers/mid level practitioners of
patients with health problems who need immediate attention; records
on newly received patients; maintains statistical logs required for
periodic reports; performs all duties necessary for psychiatric
referrals and screening.
- Assists in the maintenance of a safe, comfortable facility
environment; obtains, stores and maintains pharmacy and nursing
medications/supplies.
- Distributes and documents patients' medications, both in
general population and administrative segregation, from filled
prescriptions, abiding by Title 40, Texas Administrative Code,
Chapter 95, Licensing Standards for Medication Aides Handbook.
- Ensures drug room security, replaces facility working drug
stocks, and maintains the upkeep of facility drug room and
pharmaceutical equipment.
- Enters medication compliance into the pharmacy computer
system.
- Maintains patients' privacy and confidentiality of information
and records at all times.
- Practices basic cost containment and utilization management for
patient care and facility operations.
- Prioritizes and organizes work so that required assignments are
completed within specified timeframe.
- Promotes positive interpersonal relationships among co-workers
and Security.
- Participates in in-service orientation and continuing education
classes. Obtains 40 hours of continuing education/in-service hours
on an annual basis to meet ACA standards.
- Adheres to internal controls and reporting structures
established for department.
- Performs related duties as required.EQUIPMENT :Standard patient
care supplies, equipment and mechanical devices.WORK ENVIRONMENT :
- Work environment is located in a clean and safe medical
facility within the confines of a prison, jail or juvenile
detention center.
- Conditions such as noise, odors, cramped work space and/or
fumes could sometimes cause discomfort.
- Moderate to extreme physical effort may be required such as
walking, standing, and lifting materials, equipment, objects,
and/or patients.
- Lifting may be heavy and awkward, over 50 lbs.
- Vision, hearing, talking, and sense of touch abilities must be
adequate enough to enable one to quickly and accurately perform
tasks such as: reading small print, reading from monitoring
equipment, defining details, sending and receiving clear and
accurate verbal communication.
- Frequent periods of concentrated or focused attention will be
needed to interpret visual, auditory, and sensory inputs.
- Shift work is required.
- Alertness and careful attention to detail will bel required to
avoid injury.
- May be assigned to more than one facility.
- May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable
diseases, radiation, chemotherapeutic agents, and disoriented or
combative patients.
- May be required to be on standby and work extended or alternate
shifts in situations deemed necessary by nurse manager.
- Able to work under stress and be emotionally capable of coping
with complex and/or changing activities.Security clearance is
required; pre-employment drug testing is also required.REQUIRED
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE :
- High school or GED equivalent.
- Current Texas Certified Medication Aide permit.Salary is
commensurate with years of relevant work experience.Equal
Employment OpportunityUTMB Health strives to provide equal
opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion,
age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender
identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran
status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by
federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by
law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative
action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans
and individuals with disabilities.Compensation
Keywords: UTMB Health, Grapevine , CERTIFIED MEDICATION AIDE - WOODMAN UNIT, Other , Woodway, Texas
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