Medication Technician PRN

SR COMPANIES LLC•Huntsville, AL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Medication Technician is responsible for enhancing and improving the SRIM experience through Heartful Care for residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with activities of daily living, meals, housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence. The Medication 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 serving residents in the dining room, initiating and participating in leisure activities, responding promptly to requests for assistance, communicating in a way residents can understand, and supporting safety and emergency procedures. The Medication Technician works collaboratively with associates and management, follows community policies and HIPAA requirements, attends required training and meetings, and assists with training and mentoring new employees. This is a PRN position at Pioneer Senior Living at Upland Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and to use American units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagram-form 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, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including regularly standing, walking, using hands, reaching, and talking or hearing; frequently stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and tasting or smelling; occasionally sitting and climbing or balancing; and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

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 changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being to a supervisor.
Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in leisure activities provided to residents as described in the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform housekeeping duties according to established schedules.
Respond promptly and courteously to requests for assistance from residents, families, 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 working environment, practice safe working habits, and immediately report safety hazards to a supervisor.
Follow established policies and procedures in emergency situations and report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor during emergencies or inclement weather.
Work cooperatively with associates and management and assist associates when requested or required.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend training and mandatory meetings, and follow the established 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 suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.