Certified Medication Aide (CMA) - 2nd Shift

Certified Medication Aide - 2nd Shift


* Sign-On Bonus of $5,000 for certified candidates, $3,000 for Full-Time & $1,500 for Part-Time!

Resthaven offers you a place where you can belong, with peers who care as much as you do. Learn on the job. Work in a state-of-the art facility. Have a purpose and make an impact in people's lives. Build a career and gain stability. No matter your role, you'll be appreciated and welcomed here.


Position Summary: The Certified Medication Aide (CMA) is a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) who has completed a state-approved medication aide training program and is responsible for administering routine medications to residents in accordance with physician orders, facility policies, and state regulations. The CMA works under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse and supports the care team in maintaining a safe, effective, and person-centered medication management process.

Pay Range: $22.90 - $25.69
Employment Type: Full-Time
Schedule: 3:00pm - 11:30 PM & rotating weekends

Essential Responsibilities:

• Administer non-parenteral medications (oral, topical, inhalation, and mucosal) as delegated by a licensed nurse
• Document medication administration accurately and promptly
• Observe residents for adverse reactions or side effects and immediately report findings to a licensed nurse
• Adhere to the "Five Rights" of medication administration
• Assist residents with ADLs when not administering medications
• Maintain medication security and proper storage procedures
• Participate in shift reports and interdisciplinary communication
• Comply with infection control, safety, and resident rights standards
• Support Resthaven's mission, values, and standards of excellence
• Learn and know individualized care plans for residents and provide services to resident according to care plan.
• Aide in total care of grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, turning, repositioning, or other needs.
• Lift, move, and transport residents.
• Maintain the comfort, privacy, and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services.
• Clean and sanitize workrooms, equipment, and resident units.
• Ensure compliance with established infection control procedures.
• Observe, chart, and report changes in resident condition or behavior to appropriate licensed nursing personnel.
• Answer resident's requests for service promptly.
• Assist with various tasks including vital signs, resident's weights, applying creams/ointments, collecting specimens, etc.
• Float between all units depending on the need.
• Assumes all other position related responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Communicates effectively and tactfully, while recognizing age, cultural orientation, needs, abilities and physical condition, while using appropriate interventions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and professional working relationships with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
• Well organized and attentive to detail.
• Practice the highest standards of ethics, honesty, and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently, as an effective team member and manage time productively.
• Maintains confidentiality in all aspects of the Care Center, its residents and employees.
• Proficient interpersonal relations.
• Reading, writing, grammar, and mathematics skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Education, Training, Experience:

• High school graduate or successful completion of GED.
• Must have worked at least 2,000 hours as a nurse aide in a nursing home or skilled nursing facility during the two years prior, especially caring for the elderly with memory loss.
• Participates in learning and development opportunities.
• Attends all required in-service training and departmental meetings.

Required Licenses, Registration, and/or Certifications:

• Successful completion of a Michigan state approved nurse assistant certification course or other education that meets state certification requirements.
• Must hold current nurse assistant certification in Michigan.
• Completion of a Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - approved Medication Aide training program
• Successful completion of the state CMA competency exam
• Current listing on the Michigan Nurse Aide Registry as CMA

Why Join Resthaven?

A supportive and mission-driven work culture
Opportunities for growth, leadership, and development
A chance to make a real impact in the lives of residents every day

NOMI health insurance network with zero co-pay, deductible or co-insurance expense

Pay Range: $19.50 - $23.50 per hour