Trained Medication Aide (TMA)

At Little Falls Health Services, nursing isn’t just a job — it’s a calling.

Our TMA's build meaningful relationships, provide steady comfort, and become part of residents’ daily lives. Every shift is an opportunity to make someone’s day brighter. , The primary purpose of the TMA is to function as a team leader passing medications and providing treatments to residents.

Pay range: $25.02–$27.37 DOE.

Available Shifts: 

• Evening Shift — 32 hours per pay period, 8-hour shifts (every other weekend).
• or Day Shift — 16 hours per pay period, 8-hour shifts (Sat & Sunday every other weekend).

Essential functions include, but not limited to: 

• Adhere to, support and promote St. Francis Health Services’ Mission and Core Values, philosophy, goals and objectives while conducting company business.
• Maintain confidentiality of company and resident related information at all times.
• Safely administers medications as ordered by physicians.
• Knows the dosage and effects of medication prior to administration and is alert to potential side effects.
• Make nurses aware of any unusual dosages or routes of administration.
• Correctly charts medication administered for shift.
• Observes and documents resident's response to medication.
• Checks med charts and MAR prior to administration and checks MAR at end of shift to check for possible deletions/errors.
• Follows established procedures for drug control (i.e., locking medication carts, reordering medications, returning unused drugs to pharmacy, and signing out controlled drugs, locking medication room door when unattended).
• Cleans and stocks medication cart at the end of the shift.
• Orders, checks and stores medication according to policy and procedure.
• Performs treatments such as creams and ointments and suppositories.
• Notes changes in residents’ normal routine including nutrition, elimination, basic skin changes, ambulation and skin integrity.
• Performs residents’ vital signs, weights and records.
• Prepares the resident and family with explanations about the procedure and provides emotional support.
• Recognizes potential emergencies and takes the appropriate action.
• Communicates with nurse regarding residents' condition and concerns, physical and emotional status, projected interventions and family interactions.
• Able to operate the following equipment and perform the following procedures: medication administration, topical treatments, care of ostomy, urinary catheters, restraints, EZ Stand, Hoyer Lift, and vital signs.

Requirements: Must be Med Certified.

St. Francis Health Services and Affiliates are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary : $25 - $27