At Levindale, we are passionate about providing the best medical and emotional care for our residents and patients.
Levindale is a 330- licensed -bed facility located in Baltimore that offers a full continuum of post-acute services to help patients regain function and vitality after a life-altering illness or injury. Levindale is accredited by the Joint Commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
ALL TEAM MEMBERS ENJOY!
· Competitive Pay, PTO, 403(b) + Employer Match
· Tuition Assistance
· Free Parking
· Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision EAP
· Health & Wellness Programs, including discounted gym membership
· 24/7 Mental Health Resources Employee Discounts and more!
Position Summary:
As a Certified Medicine Aide (CMA), at Levindale your role is to Assistresidents with activities and daily living, provides basic and more complex nursing care, and assists in maintaining a safe, clean therapeutic environment.
Essential Functions:
- Safely prepares, administers, and charts medication, oral, typical and suppository, non-narcotic drugs as ordered by physician.
- Reports/documents medications not administered as well as those given.
- Keeps medicine cart locked when unattended.
- Follows the state mandated guidelines for medication administration.
- Provides basic nursing care and helps patients with daily living skills.
- Notifies Nurse Manager, or Assistant Director of Nursing of any medication discrepancies.
- Attends the training on and actively demonstrates Person First behaviors, principles and practices.
- Supports a Quality of Life by building relationships with residents/patients and actively participating in the areas of environment of care, the dining experience, safety and meaningful patient/ resident activities.
- Provides AM/PM care, which may include bed bath, oral hygiene, combing hair, shaving, dressingresidents, changing bed linen, cleaning over bed table and bedside stand and straightening room.
- Provides turning and positioning every two hours when indicated.
- Performs routine treatment procedures including application of devices for heat, cold, etc.
- Takes temperature, pulse, respiration, weight, height and blood pressure accurately and in a timely
- Prepares resident for meals. Assists with meals or feeds residents.
- Distributes drinking water and nourishment to residents in a timely manner.
- Answers call lights in a timely manner.
- Anticipates resident needs.
- Makes rounds of assigned residents.
- Assists with handling of care of clothing and other personal property
- Collects and transports specimens according to procedure.
- Maintains a safe environment for the resident: bed in low position, side rails up per policy, call light within resident's reach, etc.
REQUIREMENTS:
- High School Diploma, GED equivalent or High School certificate.
- Less than 1 year of experience.
- Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) Certification, Certified Medicine Aide Certification, American Heart Association CPR.