Certified Med Tech AL/MC - Only Certified Medication Aide NEED to apply

Avanti Senior Living at Towne Lake•Cypress, TX

About The Position

The Medication Aide assists residents with medications, ensures medications are available, and maintains documentation to support safe, quality care. The role provides professional, compassionate care and assists residents with activities of daily living while encouraging them to remain as independent as possible. Depending on state guidelines and the employee’s certification or training, the Medication Aide may also provide treatments to residents under physician orders. The position includes monitoring residents’ responses to treatment and communicating changes or concerns to the Wellness Director. It also involves maintaining medication and resident records, supporting residents’ personal care and daily routines, helping with meals and activities, and maintaining clean, safe, and orderly resident and medication areas. The employee must attend required meetings and in-services, follow company policies, and remain on duty until a shift replacement arrives. The role may include acting as a supervisor during the night shift. The work is primarily indoors in a climate-controlled setting. Potential exposures include unpleasant odors, chemicals identified in the MSDS Manual, verbal aggression, and clients or family members experiencing stress.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
High school graduate or holder of a general equivalency diploma.
Must complete and pass a medication administration competency test initially and annually thereafter.
Proficient in written and verbal English, with the ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally in the primary language of residents.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and other documents.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to interpret instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to use the Internet.
Ability to establish long-term relationships and interest in working with older adults.
Ability to provide customer service and hospitality and demonstrate curiosity and friendliness toward prospects, residents, visitors, employees, and the community.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including walking, sitting, talking or hearing, standing, handling objects, occasional reaching, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work rotating shifts as needed.

Nice To Haves

Two to five years of prior assisted living or senior care experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians, when certified or trained in accordance with state guidelines.
Monitor residents’ responses to treatment plans, watch for medication interactions and side effects, and notify the Wellness Director of concerns.
Maintain required documentation relating to safe and timely medication handling in compliance with physician directions, company policy, and state regulations.
Maintain residents’ daily records, including medication distribution, incident reports, and timely reporting of changes to the Wellness Director.
Record medications released to or returned by residents or family members, and maintain controlled-drug records in accordance with company policy and state regulations.
Keep medication rooms and medication carts clean and organized.
Assist residents with activities of daily living in accordance with care plans, including showering, dressing, personal hygiene, grooming, transfers, escorts, and reminders.
Encourage residents to be as independent as possible while providing needed assistance, and treat them with kindness, respect, and dignity.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment, including general housekeeping and scheduled cleaning of laundry, bedrooms, dining areas, living spaces, bathrooms, and kitchenettes.
Support and motivate residents to participate in activities.
Observe residents’ physical and mental or emotional status, document observations accurately, and communicate them to the Wellness Director.
Deliver and retrieve meal trays as needed; serve meals in dining rooms or apartments; and help prepare meals from pre-planned menus when needed.
Encourage proper nutrition and adequate fluid intake while respecting residents’ choices, and report changes in eating habits to the supervisor.
Respond promptly to resident care needs.
Perform other duties requested by the Wellness Director.
Attend required meetings and in-services.
Watch for community situations that may pose safety hazards to residents or staff and promptly report them to the Wellness Director.
Remain on duty and provide essential resident care until a shift replacement arrives.
May act as supervisor during the night shift.
Follow company time-and-attendance policy and work rotating shifts as needed.