Certified Medication Aide II
Core
Provide direct and indirect non-professional nursing care and outreach services to patients in a correctional facility clinic under nursing or medical supervision.
Role type
Certified Medication Aide II (Patient Care Assistant)
Builds
Direct patient care services and community outreach within the Department of Corrections
Domain
Healthcare / Corrections
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Basic nursing practices, activities of daily living assistance, vital signs measurement, lab specimen collection, patient observation and charting, medical terminology, record keeping, basic sanitation and hygiene techniques
Preferred skills
Public health services knowledge, interviewing techniques, case finding and recruitment
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Take vital signs, assist with activities of daily living and hygiene, obtain lab specimens, chart observations and report patient condition changes, escort patients, maintain a clean and safe environment, order and store supplies, perform basic clerical functions, provide outreach services to at-risk persons
Seniority
Level II, career-level IC with 1 year of experience
