Medication Technician

Description

Provides medication assistance for residents in accordance with state regulations and company policy including: pouring, preparing, assisting with administration, and documentation.

· Assists in maintaining the medication cart and storage room in a neat and orderly manner

· Accepts responsibility for accurate medication counts and for security of the medication cart and medication storage room for assigned shifts

· Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and mobility, as assigned.

· Engages residents in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care and medication assistance

· Responds to all resident needs and/or requests for care promptly, and provides or obtains assistance with care as necessary

· Always upholds Residents’ Rights

· Supports and upholds all company policies and care philosophy

· Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, or behavioral condition, unusual symptoms, medication side effects, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse

· Completes all documentation such as medication administration records, incident reports, change of condition reports, and behavior tracking, as requested, and in a timely manner

· Assists in the dining room during resident mealtimes as needed

· Encourages residents to participate in scheduled activities and outings, and provides residents with opportunities for self expression and enhanced self esteem through spontaneous individual or small group interaction and activity

· Must be able to work full-time or part-time as agreed upon, on assigned shift, including weekend and holiday rotations 

· Assist residents with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, incontinence care, transferring, ambulation according to their individualized service plans. Participate in service plan meetings for specified residents.

· Participate in housekeeping/laundry tasks to provide a clean and safe environment for residents/staff to work and live in; this may include: bed making; laundry of residents’ personal items, towels and flat linens; maintaining cleanliness of surfaces and floors in individual apartments and common areas.

· Assist with dining services: plating of food in dining room, serving residents, cutting food, assisting with feeding by offering encouragement, cueing, providing hand over hand guidance and/or feeding.

· Participate in life enrichment programming to include gathering of residents; escorts to/from, supervision and leading of programs; and in family and social activities.

· Report and record ANY changes in resident condition (physical, psychological, behavioral, social) to nurse on duty.

· Document resident status per community policy.

· Apply principles of infection control, including standard precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, cleaning and disinfection, respiratory hygiene, waste disposal.

· Monitor resident environment to ensure all safety standards are met or exceeded.

· Participate in the admission of new residents.

· Promptly respond to all pendants, call lights and pull cords ensuring highest level of hospitality and customer service. Anticipate resident needs as much as possible.

· Routinely make rounds of resident care areas to ensure resident wellbeing.

· Provide emergency response within scope of practice

· Follow through with all assignments completely, thoroughly and timely. Work collaboratively with team members to ensure success of community.

· Attends all required staff meetings and in-service training sessions

· Demonstrates a positive attitude and contributes to an atmosphere of team spirit and cooperation within the Community

· Answers phones as needed, in a prompt and courteous manner

· Promotes customer service and positive community relations by treating residents, families, other staff, and all visitors in a courteous, helpful and friendly manner

· Assists with other duties as assigned

Requirements

· High school diploma or equivalent preferred

· Minimum of 1-year previous experience as a caregiver for the elderly in a residential or long- term care setting

· Must be able to read, write and speak English to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors, and other staff members

· Must be able to perform job duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation

· Must complete Medication Technician training in-house.

· Climbs, reaches, bends, and/or twists 

· Talks and listens frequently

· Medium work – Ability to exert 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

· Must be able to see well enough to write and read, and to visually interact with residents, families, and staff.

· Must be able to speak and hear well enough to verbally interact with residents, families and staff.