Med Tech
Arbol Residences of Santa Rosa•Jacksonville, FL
About The Position
Cypress Village is recruiting a hospitality-focused Medication Technician to join its senior living team. The role safely prepares, administers, and documents medications; supports residents with daily activities and care; performs treatments and tests as instructed; and helps maintain a clean, orderly living environment. The position is part-time, with every-other-weekend shifts, and requires a Med Tech certificate. Pay is $17.50.
Requirements
- Med Tech certificate required.
Responsibilities
- Safely prepare, administer, and chart oral, topical, and suppository medications; the medication aide who prepares a medication administers it.
- Check and prepare each medication dose immediately before administration.
- Follow medication-administration protocols, including checking the medication against the order, verifying label or package information, and correctly identifying the resident.
- Consider medication use, therapeutic action, usual dosage, factors affecting dosage and effects, precautions and contraindications, known antidotes, route and frequency, and signs of deterioration; consult the charge nurse with questions.
- Record medication administration on the resident’s medication administration record; discard medication that is refused or otherwise not given and document it.
- Immediately report medication errors or reactions to the charge nurse.
- Accurately measure pulse and blood pressure and recognize their significance in drug therapy.
- Administer PRN medications according to the stated protocols for non-legend OTC drugs and legend PRN drugs, and document PRN medications as directed.
- Sign for and access the controlled schedule drug cabinet.
- Administer medications only under written physician’s orders.
- Assist residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting, and exercising.
- Give treatments, perform tests, carry out procedures, and collect specimens as instructed.
- Report and record observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures, and specimens when indicated.
- Transfer, transport, and escort residents as needed.
- Respond promptly to signal lights.
- Change bed linens, make beds, and keep rooms clean and orderly.
Benefits
- Scholarships and educational assistance programs
- Extraordinary Reward Points for employee recognition
- Comprehensive benefits supporting health and wellness
- Employee-led committees
- Free and confidential Employee Assistance Program
- Paid training
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Daily Pay access to wages on the employee’s own schedule
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
