Certified Medication Technician PRN

SR COMPANIES LLC • Macon, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Medication Technician enhances and improves the SRIM experience by providing Heartful Care to residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The technician observes residents’ health and emotional well-being and reports changes to a supervisor. The role also helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment; responds to requests for assistance; follows emergency procedures; and works collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management. The position is PRN at Westhill Macon in Macon, Georgia.

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; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, including using American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of word processing software and electronic medical records.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and promote SRIM’s Golden Rule core value when interacting with residents, families, visitors, and associates.
• Supervise residents’ self-administration of medication.
• Assist with activities of daily living, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging resident independence.
• Interact with residents at all levels of care with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.
• Observe residents and report changes in their health or 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 housekeeping duties according to established schedules.
• Respond promptly and courteously to residents’ requests for assistance and to requests from family members and visitors.
• Communicate in a language each resident can understand.
• Ensure residents or responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
• Maintain a safe working environment, use safe working habits and body mechanics, and report hazards promptly.
• Assist associates when requested or required, and work as a team with associates and management.
• Follow established policies and procedures in emergencies; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor.
• Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend trainings and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
• Refer family and visitor inquiries about resident care to the immediate supervisor and comply with HIPAA regulations.
• Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
• Take initiative, seek additional information, offer suggestions, and willingly take on special assignments.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED