Medication Technician/Med Tech FT

SR COMPANIES LLC•Bluffton, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medication Technician enhances and improves the SRIM experience by providing Heartful Care to residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The technician interacts with residents with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect, observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, and helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment. The position also includes responding promptly to residents’ requests, assisting in dining-room service, following cleaning schedules, supporting coworkers and new employees, and complying with community policies, emergency procedures, HIPAA, attendance requirements, and dress code. The employee is considered essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may need to report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor. This is a full-time role with 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m. shifts available, located at Vineyard Bluffton in Bluffton, South Carolina.

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; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, including working with American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledge of word processing software and electronic medical records.
Ability to perform the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Responsibilities

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 daily to a supervisor any changes in residents’ health or emotional well-being.
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, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping according to established schedules.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests and refer family and visitor inquiries about resident care to the immediate supervisor.
Communicate in a language each resident can understand.
Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Maintain a safe and secure work environment, practice safe working habits, and report safety hazards promptly.
Assist associates when requested or required and work cooperatively with associates and management.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; report to or remain at the community as required during emergencies or inclement weather.
Attend or participate in trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, dress code, and HIPAA regulations.
Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
Take initiative, seek out additional information, offer suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.