Medication Technician Jobs

About The Position

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.