Medication Assistant (AL)

HIRA LLC•Albuquerque, NM

About The Position

The Medication Assistant is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure delivery of medications and health related items to the residents within a community. The Medication Assistant assists in developing, coordinating, and performing the tasks on the service plan according to the resident’s preferences and abilities.

Requirements

To become familiar with the Montessori approach, when in a Montessori community, through the training provided.
To support and engage in Montessori practices, when in a Montessori community, as presented by Amaran Senior Living.
To assist fellow team mates in the practices of Montessori and intergenerational activities, when in a Montessori community.
To support and engage in Intergenerational programming as introduced during orientation and continued training, when in a Montessori community.
Engage residents in Montessori works, when in a Montessori community, to the best of your ability and residents interest.
Has awareness of and practices in accordance with the regulations of the state and company policies & procedures.

Responsibilities

Provides medication assistance for residents in according to physician orders,
Ensures eMAR/MAR accurately reflects physician orders.
Assists residents with activities of daily living, environmental orientation, vital signs, first aid wound care, and communication with third-party providers, according to resident's individual service plans. Documents service delivery and results in resident's record.
Attends incidents/unusual occurrences, completes incident reports and notifies appropriate parties.
Observes and communicates any changes in resident physical or mental status. Completes Alert Charting, adding & removing residents as appropriate, documents observations & vital signs in progress notes.
Maintains current record for each resident, ensuring physician orders are present and in order, third-party provider notes are scanned and filed, and other updated/pertinent resident information is updated/entered both electronically and hard copy per policies & procedures.
Serves meals to residents restaurant-style in the dining room and provides meal delivery/room-service as requested.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

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