Medication Technician Full Time 7PM to 7AM
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, housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The technician observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, responds promptly to requests, and helps maintain a safe, clean, orderly, and dignified community environment. The position involves working collaboratively with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management; following community policies, emergency procedures, attendance requirements, dress code, and HIPAA regulations; and assisting with the training and mentoring of new employees. The technician may also take on special projects and other reasonable assigned duties. The position is based at Fields of Florence in Florence, Kentucky, and is listed as full-time, 7 PM to 7 AM.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED, 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 add, subtract, multiply, and divide, including working with American money and units of weight, volume, and distance.
- Ability to apply common-sense understanding to 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 duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.
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 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 described in the activity calendar.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping duties 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 responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
- Maintain a safe and secure work environment, practice safe working habits and body mechanics, and report safety hazards immediately.
- Assist associates when requested or required and work collaboratively with associates and management.
- Follow established policies and procedures in emergency situations; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and report to or remain at the community 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 training, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
- Wear clean and appropriate attire in accordance with the dress code.
- Refer inquiries about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor.
- 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 outside regular duties.
- Perform housekeeping and laundry duties to maintain the community in an orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.
- Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
