Certified Medication Aide (CMA) — (Kansas - Onsite) Contract - Pharmavise Corporation

Overview:  

From development to commercialization, we partner with Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotechnology clients to provide solutions to complex compliance issues. We collaborate with our partners by providing technical expertise in Healthcare Workforce Solutions, Quality, Regulatory Compliance and Manufacturing Science and Technology. Our business mission is to ensure our clients exceed their compliance goals while improving patient health and safety. Visit us at and follow us on LinkedIn:   

Our Healthcare client has an exciting opportunity for a Certified Medication Aide (CMA). 

Key Responsibilities:   

• Provides direct, basic care and supervision to patients and residents at public intermediate care facilities or other treatment facilities, providing supervision, security, monitoring for safety and assisting to meet needs of daily living.  
  

• Passes medication as ordered by a physician to residents under the supervision of licensed nursing staff.  
  

• Performs location checks, both observing and monitoring. Duties require standing and walking, and include transporting and escorting.  
  

• CMA works under the supervision of nursing staff licensed by the Kansas State Board of Nursing and performs assigned tasks.  
  

• Follows policies and procedures to meet the agency’s mission and patient outcomes.  
  

• Duties may expose the person to violence and intense physical exertion at times; therefore, the employee should know Hospital/Nursing safety procedures, adhere to them, and conduct regular reviews of procedures.  
  

• Perform environmental cleaning tasks to maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment by following Agency policies and procedures.  
  

• May be required to perform work that requires physical strength to frequently and repetitively bend, stoop, walk, push, pull, twist, squat, and lift patients with assistance.  
  

• Response to aggressive patient behavior with specific, trained techniques, including patient restraint, may be necessary.  
  

• Must talk, hear, see, read, and write. Must be able to lift at least 40 pounds repetitively. 
  

Requirements: 

• High School Diploma or Equivalency is preferred.   
  

• A Certified Nurse Aide certification and a Certified Medication Aide certification from the state of Kansas are required.   
  

• If operating a motor vehicle, must possess a valid Driver’s License.   
  

• Requires an approved drug test approved by the Kansas Department of Administration.   
  

• Additional training and certification required by the hospital or treatment facility prior to assignment working in patient care, and such certification must thereafter be maintained without interruption during the agreed assignment with the hospital or facility.   
  

• Must not have worked for a hospital or a public intermediate care facility under the jurisdiction of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services during the past one year prior to assignment with the state hospital.   
  

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Pharmavise Consulting Corp. is a regulatory compliance consulting firm that partners with Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Biotechnology clients. When you join Pharmavise, you become part of a team that values Excellence Through Quality.  

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