Certified Medication Technician

SRM MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC • Lake Oconee, GA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Medication Technician enhances and improves the SRIM experience through Heartful Care for residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with activities of daily living, meals, housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The technician observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, responds to requests for assistance, and helps maintain a caring, dignified, clean, safe, and orderly community environment.

The position works collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management; follows established policies and procedures, including HIPAA and emergency procedures; and assists with training and mentoring new employees. The employee may be designated essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may need to report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination, as well as Medicine Technician (Med-Tech) certification. The employee must be able to read and interpret instructions, write routine reports and correspondence, communicate effectively, perform basic arithmetic, apply common-sense reasoning, and use word-processing software and electronic medical records. Physical duties include standing, walking, using hands and arms, communicating, and periodically lifting or moving up to 50 pounds. The work environment occasionally involves exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Medicine Technician (Med-Tech) certification.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds, including using American money and weight, volume, and distance measurements.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of word-processing software and electronic medical records.
• Ability to perform the physical functions described, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and promote SRIM’s Golden Rule core value in interactions with residents, families, visitors, and associates.
• Supervise residents’ self-administration of medication.
• Assist residents with activities of daily living, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence.
• Interact with residents at all levels of care with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.
• Observe and report daily changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being to a supervisor.
• Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Initiate and participate in leisure activities listed on the activity calendar.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform daily housekeeping according to established schedules.
• Respond promptly and courteously to requests for assistance, including requests from residents, family members, and visitors.
• Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
• Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
• Maintain a safe and secure work environment, practice safe working habits and body mechanics, and report safety hazards promptly.
• Assist associates when requested or required and work as a team with associates and management.
• Follow established policies and procedures, including procedures for emergencies and HIPAA regulations.
• Report to or remain at the community during emergencies or inclement weather until released by a supervisor, when required as essential personnel.
• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude toward residents, families, visitors, associates, management, work issues, policies, and procedures.
• Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend trainings, in-services, and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
• Refer resident-care inquiries from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor.
• Assist in training and mentoring new employees.
• Take initiative, seek additional information, offer suggestions or solutions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments.
• Perform housekeeping and laundry duties to keep the community clean, orderly, and sanitary.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED