Medication Aide - HCA/CNA/NAR/NAC - Swing

Company: Prestige Care, Inc.
Location: Selah
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Questions? Contact HearthstoneExecutiveDirector@prestigecare.com: In adherence with state mandates, Prestige Care team members are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by October 18, 2021 as a condition of employment, unless a team member qualifies for a religious or medical exemption.:Information About Prestige Senior Living at HearthstoneLocated at 802 East Mountain View Ave. in Ellensburg, Washington, Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone has 49 apartments of assisted living, as well as 41 units of independent living apartments.If you are looking for the highest quality of healthcare communities or care centers, you wont find anyone better in the local area. Hearthstone is known only for their high performance locally (we won Best of Kittitas Valley in 2019 and 2020) and also enjoyed a deficiency-free survey in 2019, a designation that is quite challenging to obtain, but also shows strong commitment to health care excellence. Also, we were one of only a small handful of care centers and communities in the entire state of Washington to achieve the American Health Care Associations Bronze quality care awards. We were the first assisted living in Kittitas County, and the only one to offer independent living. While our community isnt the newest community in the area, you would enjoy a strong family-like culture where everyone is known by first name, and a work environment that is homey, far from sterile or uptight. Here, you can bring your whole self to work to love and serve our seniors. There is a true team-like aura at Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone, where we laugh and get to do what we love every day. If working in a home-like setting, with a strong team atmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a great promote-from-within culture, then Prestige Senior Living at Hearthstone is the place for you. Who Is Prestige Care? Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing + post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communities in 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members who serve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personally touching their lives every day. We have four core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect that guide everything that we do. With a strong commitment to career development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can help you achieve your career goals and objectives. With a healthcare career at Prestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment where your work truly matters at the end of every day.What does a Medication Aide HCA/CNA/NAR/NAC do?:You will be providing medication services and direct resident care, assist in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents. You will help our residents with activities of daily living, housekeeping, laundry and other daily chores. We look for those who have the Home Care Aide (HCA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR), or Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) background in this role. Why join the Prestige Care Family in the Medication Aide HCA/CNA/NAR/NAC role and what can we offer you? * See the impact of your expertise and care by interacting with our residents on a daily basis.* Collaborate with a strong team of health care providers, all while working in a home-like setting.* The ability to bring pure joy, security and community to our residents and their families.* Our 35+ year old, family-owned and operated organization (with over 80 locations in 8 states) means we arent too small, but not too big. You are known here.* We have a defined, strong promote-from-within culture. If you want to move up, and you have the drive to build a career in the health care space, you have a home here.* Many of our communities have deficiency free surveys and win national quality care awards join the award-winning team! In this job, every day you will 1. Responsible for the daily operation of the medication room and medication services as directed by the Health Services Director (HSD) and in accordance with physician orders, state regulations and the nurse practice act. 2. Processes physician medication and treatment orders in accordance with state regulations and the nurse practice act. 3. Take your background as a Home Care Aide (HCA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR), or Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) and serve those residents that live in our community! 4. Administers and assists with the self-administration of routine and non-routine medications in accordance with physician orders, state regulations and the nurse practice act. 5. Completes simple treatments and monitors residents as directed by the health service director in accordance with physician orders, state regulations and the nurse practice act. 6. Maintains accurate records of medication and treatment services provided or omitted, including controlled substances in each residents clinical record. 7. Reports and records changes in resident condition, incidents and accidents to HSD, physician and family member as indicated under the direction of the HSD. Completes all incident forms. 8. Assists in lifting, moving and transporting residents using proper body mechanics or assistive devices as directed by the residents cooperative service plan. Education Experience you need to qualify: * You will need a high school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred or as required by state regulations.* You must hold state required medication pass certification or other required certification, complete state required delegation and/or training requirements, and successfully complete the medication pass competency.* You must have word processing skills and have a current CPR certification, First Aid training, and Food Handlers permit as required by state regulations.* Home Care Aide (HCA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR), or Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) certification in hand, preferred. Ways you can advance beyond the HCA/CNA/NAR/NAC role: Once you master this role, you could consider the Lead Medication Aide, Resident Care Coordinator, Expressions Director, or Executive Director jobs with Prestige Care. We also have many additional Home Care Aide (HCA), Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR), or Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) roles on the skilled nursing side of our business. EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

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