Medication Technician

SR COMPANIES LLC • Irmo, SC

21d • $15 - $0 • Onsite

About The Position

The Medication Technician enhances the SRIM experience by providing Heartful Care to residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and provides support with activities of daily living, meals, housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging resident independence. The Medication Technician contributes to a clean, safe, orderly, dignified, and caring community environment and responds courteously and promptly to residents’ requests and those of families and visitors.

The position involves observing and reporting changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, serving residents in the dining room, following established policies and procedures, and supporting associates and new employees. The Medication Technician is considered essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may be required to report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor. The work is located at Harbison Shores in Irmo, South Carolina, and pays $14.50 per hour.

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 and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds, including using American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammatic 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 job duties, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
• Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate and promote SRIM’s Golden Rule core value in interactions 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 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 on the activity calendar.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping according to established schedules.
• Respond promptly and courteously to residents’ requests for assistance, including phone calls, and to requests from family members and visitors.
• 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, use safe working habits and good body mechanics, and promptly report safety hazards to a supervisor.
• Assist associates when requested or required and work cooperatively with associates and management.
• Follow established policies and procedures in emergencies and report to or remain at the community as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather 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 trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
• Wear clean and appropriate clothing in accordance with the dress code.
• Refer questions about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor rather than discussing care issues with them.
• 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 housekeeping and laundry duties to keep the community orderly, clean, and sanitary.
• Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED