Title: Medication Aide

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Commensurate w/ experience

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Va Center for Behavioral Rehab

Agency Website: www.jobs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Provides quality nursing care to SVP adult residents within scope of certification. Will administer medication; support and assist the nurses to promote safety and delivery of quality care for residents. Gives direct care and general supervision to residents; identifies and responds to patients' immediate personal needs, and communicates and interacts with residents throughout all shifts daily, to ensure continuity of care and safety. Assists professional staff in providing therapeutic activities in a psychosocial treatment environment. To adhere and support residents’ recovery by following their individualized treatment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic medical terminology, record keeping and general principles and practices of nursing.
• Knowledge of medical devises to obtain complete vital signs.
• Ability to exercise tact, diplomacy and maintain professional boundaries while interacting with residents.
• Ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks efficiently and effectively.
• Strong organization and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Prepare, administer and document medication n accordance with regulations set forth from the Virginia Department of Health Professions and supervision of a Licensed Nurse.
• Efficiently reports incidents and changes in residents’ condition to supervising nurse; charts care provisions.
• Complies with and promotes all rules regarding residents’ rights.
• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and developmental processes.
• Ability to work shifts; working overtime hours or shifts as required to provide care.
• Ability to work with people(teamwork); ability to work in a stressful environment; ability to understand and follow written policies and procedures.
• May be exposed to aggressive residents.
• Walking and/or standing for up to 8 hours or more; bending and lifting.
• Has a full understanding of infection control as it relates to the facility and the career chosen.

Additional Considerations

Current and unrestricted Registered Medication Aide Certificate with the Virginia Board of Nursing preferred.
• Current and unrestricted Certified Nursing Assistant Certificate with the Virginia Board of Nursing preferred.
• Experience in a health care facility, acute care or long-term care, preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Jessica Aliff

Phone: 804-766-3326

Email: jessica.aliff@dbhds.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.