Overview

Aspire Medical Staffing is a clinician owned and operated medical staffing company founded in 2011, contracting with Commercial and Federal medical agencies, facilities, and schools. We believe in a collaborative effort with all patient care. Our medical teams always consist of support from team leaders and an efficient way to communicate and collaborate with everyone. Join Aspire Medical Staffing today to help service our Military and their families across the nation.

Responsibilities

• Administer and/or distribute medications to inmates in various locations, to include but not limited to Health Services Department, Special Housing Unit, Mental Health Unit, or other designated within the institution and/or satellite camp.
• Medications to include but not limited to Oral, Topical, Nebulized, Meter Dose Inhaler, and insulin in a manner consistent with nationally recognized safe medical practices, to include accurate identification of patient, medication, dosage, time, and route.
• Assists in maintaining Medication Administration Records (MARS) to document all medications administered via paper or electronic record.
• Must report and record adverse medication reactions, to include seeking immediate medical assistance for inmates with severe adverse medication reactions.
• Maintain complete documentation on medication refusals and incidents.
• Assist in maintaining sanitation of the pill line administration areas, clinical areas and the Pharmacy areas while adhering to infection control policies and procedures as applicable.
• Assist the staff pharmacist in entering Physician orders, preparation of medications for Pharmacist review, and preparation of medication administration records.
• Assist the pharmacist in maintaining stock of up-to-date medications (checking for outdates per policy) in the main pharmacy, satellite camp, crash carts, emergency bags and Automated Dispensing Systems.
• Assist the Pharmacist with maintaining stock of forms as needed and updating Pill Line/Restricted Medication cards for inmates as well as filing Medication Administration Records into the Medical Record.
• Maintains accurate inventory of needles, syringes, and controlled substances used to replace sub-stock inventory.
• Perform minor clerical duties; such as use of BOP electronic medical record, computer documentation and scheduling, scanning documents, filing, typing, call-outs, institutional memorandums, answering phones, scheduling patients and maintaining stock records

Qualifications

• Education: Completion of a Medication Administration training course, a Certified Nursing Assistant or Medical Assistant program which included instruction on medication administration, Certified Pharmacy Technician, Vocational Nursing program, or an Emergency Medical Technician (basic EMT) training course.
• Certification: Current BLS from the American Heart Association
• Experience : Working in a correctional environment is preferred but not required.