Medication Technician/ Med Tech
About The Position
The Medication Technician is responsible for enhancing and improving the SRIM experience through compassionate care for residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with daily activities, meals, housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The Medication Technician helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment; observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being; and responds courteously to requests from residents, families, and visitors. The position works collaboratively with associates and management, follows community policies and emergency procedures, protects resident privacy, and helps train and mentor new employees. The employee may be considered essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may need to remain at the community until released by a supervisor. Other reasonable duties may be 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 perform basic arithmetic, including operations with American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out 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 physical functions of the position, 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 with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect, communicating in a language each resident can understand.
- 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 listed on the activity calendar.
- Maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and sanitary environment; perform general housekeeping and laundry duties according to established schedules.
- Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests and requests from family members and visitors.
- Ensure residents or responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
- Maintain a safe and secure working environment, use safe work habits and body mechanics, and promptly report hazards to a supervisor.
- Follow established policies and procedures in emergencies; report to or remain at the community during emergencies or inclement weather until released by a supervisor.
- Work as a team player and maintain a positive, respectful attitude toward residents, families, visitors, associates, management, and workplace policies.
- Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend trainings and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
- Refer family and visitor inquiries about resident care to the immediate supervisor.
- 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 assignments.
- Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
