Careers / Open role
Certified Medication Aid — Austin, TX
- Pay
- $17.00–$23.00 an hour
- Location
- North Austin & Wimberley, Austin, TX
- Type
- Full time, on site
- Job ID
- req_fcd3d489a6
“Briarwood is an amazing place with compassionate staff all the way up the chain! Briarwood has played a huge role in my journey and I am so grateful! I would recommend them for detox to anyone who needs it!”
Brittany Debrauske · 8 months ago A client’s 5-star Google review of the Austin center
Certified Medication Aide (CMA) – Detox & Recovery
The schedule
- Full-time position.
- On site in Austin, TX.
What you will do
- What You’ll Do
- Administer oral, inhaled, and topical medications under nurse supervision
- Verify client information and record vital signs
- Observe clients for medication reactions and report concerns promptly
- Assist nurses with client care, observation, and communication
- Document medication administration accurately in the EMR
- Maintain medication and medical supply inventory
- Ensure equipment is functioning, clean, and properly maintained
- Support nursing and admissions teams as needed
- Uphold confidentiality, safety standards, and regulatory compliance
- Attend required trainings, meetings, and continuing education
- Represent Briarwood/Nova Recovery with professionalism and compassion
- Work Environment
- Residential detox and addiction recovery setting
- Locations include North Austin and Wimberley
- Collaborative healthcare environment
- Regular use of computers, phones, and medical equipment
- Schedule & Availability
- Full-time position or Part-time Position
- Schedule assigned by nursing leadership
- Facilities operate 24/7, 365 days per year
- Schedule may include weekends, holidays, and varying shifts
- Travel Expectations
- This role may require travel between North Austin and Wimberley locations, as well as other Nova Recovery facilities within Texas. Flexibility is essential to supporting client care needs.
What you need
Required
- What We’re Looking For
- Active Certified Medication Aide (CMA) certification
- Active Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification
- CPR Certification
- Experience in detox, residential treatment, or healthcare preferred
- Knowledge of medical terminology
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Compassionate, dependable, and team-oriented
- Ability to work independently and under pressure
Preferred, not required
If you hold the credential and the rest is thin, apply anyway. The preferred list is what we would like, not a filter we run.
Where you would work
North Austin & Wimberley — our Austin detox at 11711 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78753. A quiet clinical office setting on our own campus, with documentation tools, office space and a team on the floor at the weekend as well as midweek. On site, every shift.
Before you click apply
The application runs in Proliant and asks for everything in one sitting: resume first, then your details, then two previous employers with dates, supervisor names and supervisor phone numbers, then two references with contact details, then a background-check consent. It does not save partway through.
Twenty minutes at a desk with those to hand. If it defeats you, call (512) 213-4304 and ask for HR rather than giving up.
Questions about this role
Equal opportunity
We welcome applicants from every background, including people with lived experience of recovery. Hiring decisions are made on credential, experience and fit for the role. Briarwood Detox Center is operated by Nova Recovery LLC, which is the employer named on the application.
Rather just send us your details?
The full application above is the one that gets you into the hiring process, and it is worth the twenty minutes. But if you are reading this between clients and do not have two references to hand, leave your details and a person from HR will come back to you.
North Austin & Wimberley
Check Out Where You Will Work
Photographs of the Austin center, not stock images of somewhere else. This is the building, and these are the rooms you would be working in.
