Medication Technician

SR COMPANIES LLC•Austin, TX

14d•$19 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

The Medication Technician is responsible for enhancing the SRIM experience through Heartful Care for residents and their families. The role supervises residents’ self-administration of medication and supports residents with daily living activities, dining, housekeeping, laundry, and leisure activities while encouraging independence. The technician observes and reports changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, helps maintain a clean and safe community, responds courteously to requests, and supports residents, families, visitors, and associates with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect. The role also follows established policies and procedures, including emergency response, attendance, dress code, and HIPAA requirements, and may assist with training and mentoring new employees.

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 using American money and weight, volume, and distance measurements.
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, 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 regularly 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 listed on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform daily housekeeping according to established schedules.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests, phone calls, and requests from family members and visitors.
Communicate effectively 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 environment, use safe working habits and good body mechanics, and report hazards promptly.
Assist associates when requested or required and work collaboratively with associates and management.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and report to or remain at the community until released by a supervisor.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend trainings and mandatory meetings, and follow the established 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 suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments.
Perform housekeeping and laundry duties to maintain the community in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned.