Medication Aide & Caregiver

Phi•Bethlehem, PA

2d•$16 - $17

About The Position

The Personal Care Medication Aide/Caregiver is responsible for distributing medications and treatments to our residents. This position also performs the general duties and responsibilities of the household caregiver. The medication aide provides medical and physical care to the residents of the household to meet their daily needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level. This position is the resident's closest advocate in the household. As a caregiver, this role would promote the resident's psychosocial well-being through meaningful relationship building and works with the household team to meet other social service needs of the resident and the household. In this role, one would provide support, friendship and kindness for each of the household members. This role plans and facilitates social activities for residents of the household which provide meaningful ways to spend time as recreation, exercise, relationship building and fun. This role also supports the household homemaker in maintaining a clean safe household environment and in caring for the residents' personal laundry.

Requirements

18 years of age or older unless active on the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide registry
High school diploma/equivalent required unless active on the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide registry
Must be able to successfully complete required medication training
Must possess the ability to follow written and verbal instructions
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Capable of working as part of a team

Nice To Haves

Previous Aide experience preferred

Responsibilities

Distributing medications and treatments to residents
Performing general duties and responsibilities of a household caregiver
Providing medical and physical care to residents
Promoting resident's psychosocial well-being through relationship building
Meeting social service needs of the resident and the household
Providing support, friendship, and kindness to household members
Planning and facilitating social activities for residents
Supporting the household homemaker in maintaining a clean and safe environment
Caring for residents' personal laundry
Respecting the resident's room as home and assists the resident in feeling in charge of everything that happens within
Supporting residents in self-care, and provides care as necessary for those unable to care for their own needs (grooming, hygiene, dining and nutritional needs, mobility, elimination, psychosocial and safety needs)
Assisting residents in all activities of daily living and independent activities
Responding to all resident requests for assistance and/or call bells in the household
Observing residents closely, identifying changing needs and conditions at first indication and reports immediately to household or nursing leadership as appropriate
Communicating and documenting services provided to the resident
Recommending changes in the appropriate sections of the resident's support/service plan
Accurately and safely prepares, administers and documents the administration of all medications and treatments
Continually honors person-centered and resident-directed care
Ensuring that all medications and treatments are administered in a manner supporting resident direction, choice and dignity
Observing residents closely for needs, changes in condition, refusal or reaction to medications and immediately reports to licensed nursing staff
Performing basic care procedures to include catheter, temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, height and weight, specimen collections, colostomy care, oxygen maintenance, and other special care
Continually seeks opportunities to meet resident's psychosocial needs through planned and spontaneous actions
Providing ongoing support, friendship and kindness to all household members
Planning and organizes social activities the household which includes making any necessary arrangements
Leading and participating in learning circles with residents and staff in the household
Informing residents of activities
Maintaining appropriate documentation in support of social service and activities functions in the household
Assisting with transportation of residents to outside appointments and accompanies resident as assigned
Maintaining clean spaces in the household (resident rooms, common spaces and equipment)
Maintaining supply of all materials required to meet resident needs
Supporting all aspects of the household environment (pets, plants, children, visitors and guests, facilitating all planned and spontaneous needs and activities)
Coordinating work with the household homemaker to ensure the housekeeping needs of the household are met
Assisting residents as needed to wash, mend, iron, fold and sort residents' personal laundry
Supporting residents in self-care and provides assistance to ensure residents' personal laundry needs are met