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Acadia Healthcare Medication Aide in Wilmington, North Carolina

Description

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Works with our admitting patients by completing vitals, pre-admission tests, intake documentation

  • Completes vitals, performs various tests (glucose, UDS, HcG, etc.)

  • Performs patient rounds

  • Medication Administration

  • Assists with patient/luggage/room searches

  • Transports patients as requested

  • Performs administrative duties associated with the nursing/medical department (lab reports, ordering supplies, patient census, etc.)

Requirements:

  • Current NC CNA certification

  • Current Medication Aide Certification

  • ability to administer medications (training available on site).

  • Valid Driver's License with an acceptable driving record

  • Crisis Prevention and CPR Certification (offered on site)

  • Ability to work with male and female adult (18+) patients with chemical dependency and mental health disorders

  • Teamwork and excellent customer service

Preferred:

  • Experience working with substance use and mental health disorders

  • Knowledge of 12-step programs

BENEFITS:

  • Full-time position, 12-hour shifts (that means you are generally off 4 days per week!)

  • Excellent benefit package (benefit eligible after 30 days)

  • Paid Vacation/Sick/Extended Sick/Personal/Holidays

  • Medical/Dental/Vision/401k (with a match)

  • Company Paid Life Insurance and AD&D

  • Short Term and Long Term Disability

  • Free Onsite Employee Fitness Center

  • Employee Discount Program

  • Free meals

  • Employee Fun Events

  • Annual performance review and merit review

  • Salary increases for obtaining education degrees, professional certification and/or licensure (based on program of study/field of certification and licensure)

For the 5th consecutive year, Wilmington Treatment Center has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the best Addiction Treatment Centers in the US. We are North Carolina's premier substance abuse recovery hospital and rehabilitation center located in the beachside community of Wilmington, NC. What began as a 22 bed hospital on one campus in 1984 has grown into a 260 bed hospital spanning 3 campuses - and we are still growing! We are a team of professionals dedicated to helping our patients begin their recovery from the disease of addiction. Even though we are growing, we still maintain that feeling of a close-knit community. We offer a fantastic comprehensive benefit package, a great team of co-workers as well as the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Qualifications

Skills

Required

  • Customer Focus: Advanced

  • Communication: Advanced

  • Safety Minded: Expert

Behaviors

Required

  • Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

  • Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

  • Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations

Required

  • Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe

  • Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

  • High School/GED or better

Licenses & Certifications

Required

  • Medication Aide

  • Drivers License

  • Cert Nursing Asst

Experience

Required

  • 1 year: Certified Medication Aide

  • 1 year: Certified Nursing Assistant

Preferred

  • Working with patients with substance use and/or mental health disorders

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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