Medication Technician Med Tech

TerraBella Southport•Southport, NC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

TerraBella Senior Living is hiring a Care/Medication Technician for its TerraBella Southport community. The role provides hands-on care and physical and emotional support to residents while maintaining a safe, comfortable, home-like environment. The position offers 12-hour shifts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with full-time hours worked over a few days and schedules based on a recurring two-week rotation. The technician works as part of a collaborative, resident-focused team. Caregiver duties include supporting an assigned group of residents, checking on them throughout the shift, observing and documenting changes in their condition, responding promptly to call bells and security alerts, and notifying a supervisor or Health Care Coordinator about increased care needs. The technician assists with activities of daily living, meals, continence care, laundry, room cleanliness, and resident activities, while promoting independence, dignity, hygiene, and safety. Medication Technician duties include reviewing resident service plans; assisting with and observing medication and treatment administration according to the medication observation record and the Six Rights of Medication Pass; documenting doses, refusals, and missed doses; maintaining medication carts and rooms; checking medications; counting narcotics with another authorized team member each shift; following medication refill processes; and reporting resident concerns to the Nurse or Health Care Coordinator. The role also participates in service-plan development and updates, records residents’ vital signs, and promptly reports occupational exposures. Eligible team members are offered medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, an Employee Assistance Program, and accident insurance policies. A $1,500 sign-on bonus is advertised.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Must be at least 18 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nurse’s Aid certification preferred.
CPR certification preferred.
First Aid certification preferred.
Previous experience working with seniors preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on care and physical and emotional support to residents while maintaining a safe, comfortable environment.
Be responsible for a designated group of residents and know their whereabouts; physically check on them throughout the shift.
Observe, report, and document symptoms and changes in residents’ skin, behavior, alertness, weight, diet, and activity participation.
Respond promptly to security-system alerts and resident call bells.
Notify a supervisor or Health Care Coordinator when a resident’s care needs increase.
Assist with continence management and dispose of continence products properly.
Serve and collect food trays, assist residents as needed, and report meal refusals or loss of appetite.
Maintain cleanliness of residents’ rooms and work areas and follow cleanliness, hygiene, and health precautions.
Promote residents’ independence, dignity, and physical safety.
Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, ambulation, transferring, and eating, as instructed.
Engage residents in life skills and other life-enrichment activities.
Greet and assist customers, guests, family members, residents, vendors, and team members.
Complete residents’ laundry as assigned and needed.
Review residents’ service plans for relevant information.
Assist with and observe medications and treatments using the medication observation record and the Six Rights of Medication Pass.
Document and initial medication records as doses are given, including refusals or missed doses.
Maintain confidentiality of resident information, including medication information.
Report resident concerns raised during medication assistance to the Nurse or Health Care Coordinator.
Restock medication carts after medication passes and assist with checking medications regardless of packaging system.
Count narcotics with another Medication Care Manager or Nurse each shift.
Keep the Medication Room, medication charts, and treatment carts clean, neat, and stocked; monitor medication availability and expiration.
Follow the medication refill process.
Participate in service-plan development and monthly updates.
Take and record temperature, blood pressure, weight, pulse, and respiration rates.
Immediately report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, sharp sticks, and hazardous chemicals.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.