Certified Medication Technician FT

SR COMPANIES LLC • Newnan, GA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Medication Technician enhances and improves the SRIM experience by providing attentive, compassionate care to residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and assists with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging resident independence. The technician observes residents’ health and emotional well-being, reports changes and safety hazards to a supervisor, and helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment.

The position works collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management; responds promptly to requests for assistance; follows established policies and emergency procedures; and complies with HIPAA. Responsibilities also include supporting and mentoring new employees, participating in training and meetings, and undertaking other reasonable assigned duties. The employee may be designated essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may be required to report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor.

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 solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Knowledge of word processing software and electronic medical records.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including regularly standing, walking, using hands, reaching, and talking or hearing; frequently stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and tasting or smelling; occasionally sitting and climbing or balancing; and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Promote SRIM’s Golden Rule core value by treating residents, families, visitors, and associates with respect.
• Supervise residents’ self-administration of medication.
• Assist residents with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence.
• Interact with residents 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 resident leisure activities as described in the activity calendar.
• Maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified environment for residents, families, visitors, and associates.
• Perform general housekeeping duties and housekeeping or laundry tasks according to established schedules and standards.
• Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests for assistance, including phone calls, and to requests from families and visitors.
• Communicate in a language each resident can understand.
• Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
• Identify and help maintain a safe and secure work environment; promptly report safety hazards to a supervisor.
• Use good body mechanics and safe work habits.
• Assist associates when requested or required and work as a team with associates and management.
• Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; report to or remain at the community when required as essential personnel until released by a supervisor.
• Maintain a positive and respectful attitude toward work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
• Comply with attendance and call-off policies, dress code, and HIPAA regulations.
• Attend or participate in training, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
• Refer resident-care inquiries from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor rather than discussing those issues directly.
• Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
• Take initiative, seek additional information, offer solutions or suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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