Medication Technician

SR COMPANIES LLC•Irmo, SC

21d•$15 - $0

About The Position

The Medication Technician is responsible for enhancing the SRIM experience through Heartful Care for residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with daily living needs, dining, activities, housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence. The technician communicates respectfully with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management; observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being; and helps maintain a safe, clean, dignified, and orderly community. The position also includes following emergency procedures, protecting resident privacy, assisting and mentoring associates, and carrying out other reasonable duties as assigned.

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 units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of word processing software and electronic medical records.
Ability to perform the essential duties; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate and promote SRIM’s Golden Rule core value when interacting with residents, families, visitors, and associates.
Supervise residents’ self-administration of medication.
Assist residents with activities of daily living, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence.
Interact with residents at all levels of care with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.
Observe and report residents’ health and emotional well-being changes to a supervisor.
Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in leisure activities described in the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified environment for residents, families, visitors, and associates.
Perform general housekeeping duties according to established cleaning schedules and provide housekeeping or laundry duties to maintain the community in a clean and sanitary condition.
Respond promptly and courteously to residents’ requests for assistance, including phone calls, and to requests from family members and visitors.
Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
Ensure residents or responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Maintain a safe and secure work environment, practice safe working habits and good body mechanics, and report hazards promptly to a supervisor.
Assist associates when requested or required and work collaboratively with associates and management.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and report to or remain at the community 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; attend or participate in training, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
Wear clean and appropriate attire in accordance with the dress code.
Refer resident-care inquiries from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor and comply with HIPAA regulations.
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.