Med Tech

TerraBella Southern Pines•Southern Pines, NC

About The Position

TerraBella Senior Living is seeking a Care/Medication Technician to provide hands-on care and physical and emotional support to residents while helping maintain a safe, comfortable, home-like environment. The role includes both caregiver responsibilities and medication-related duties, supporting residents’ daily needs, independence, dignity, and safety. The position also involves observing and documenting resident conditions, communicating concerns to supervisors and healthcare staff, and maintaining medication and care areas.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nurse’s Aid certification preferred.
CPR certification preferred.
First Aid certification preferred.
Previous experience working with seniors preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide care for an assigned group of residents during the shift, know their whereabouts, and check on them throughout the shift.
Observe, report, and document changes in residents’ symptoms and conditions, including skin, behavior, alertness, weight, diet, and activity participation.
Respond promptly to security system alerts and resident call bells.
Notify a supervisor and/or Health Care Coordinator when a resident’s care needs increase.
Assist with continence management and dispose of continence products properly to maintain sanitation.
Serve and collect food trays, assist residents as needed, and report meal refusals or loss of appetite.
Maintain cleanliness in residents’ rooms and work areas, and follow cleanliness, hygiene, and health precautions.
Promote residents’ independence, dignity, and physical safety.
Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, ambulation, transferring, and eating, as instructed.
Engage residents in life skills and other life-enrichment activities.
Greet and assist customers, guests, family members, residents, vendors, and team members.
Complete resident laundry as assigned and needed.
Review service plans to learn pertinent information about residents.
Assist with and observe residents’ medications and treatments using the medication observation record and the Six Rights of Medication Pass.
Document and initial medication forms as medications are given, including documentation of refusals or missed doses.
Maintain confidentiality of resident information, including medication information.
Report resident concerns observed while assisting with medication to the Nurse and/or Health Care Coordinator.
Restock the medication cart after medication passes and assist with medication checks regardless of packaging system.
Count narcotics with another Medication Care Manager or Nurse each shift.
Maintain and clean the Medication Room, medication charts, and treatment carts, ensuring cleanliness, organization, availability of medications, and removal of expired medications.
Follow the medication refill process.
Participate in developing service plans and completing monthly updates.
Take and record residents’ temperature, blood pressure, weight, pulse, and respiration rates.
Immediately report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, sharps, or hazardous chemicals.
Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor.