Certified Medication Technician and Caregiver

This position requires successfully completing and passing a level 2 background screening as required by AHCA. If you would like more information on this, please copy and paste and following link into a browser: https://info.flclearinghouse.com

This position also requires passing a pre-employment drug screening and completing pre-employment training classes.

Full-time, 12-hour Day Shifts with rotating weekends. Position requires that you have a current Medication Technician certification. This position works where needed and assigned which will be in both Memory Care and Assisted Living. This position also provides assistance with activities of daily living.

This position also requires reliability, schedule availability, and impeccable work ethic.

As a Certified Med Tech/Caregiver you are responsible for supporting the Director of Nursing, clinical nurses in providing accurate assistance with self-administration to our residents, while also ensuring point of care documentation within the EMAR, as well as resident care (personal care).

Certified Med Tech and Caregiver Job Description - In this role you are responsible for supporting the Director of Nursing, clinical nurses in providing accurate assistance with self-administration to our residents, while also ensuring point of care documentation within the EMAR. You are also responsible for providing assistance with activities of daily living and documenting the care provided. At Alura Senior Living team members work together to provide residents with compassionate care in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Assistance with Self Medication to our residents and following the 7 Rights of medication management.
• Assist residents with activites of daily living.
• Provide resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials, answering call lights in a prompt manner, address resident requests and report observations of the residents to the nursing supervisor.
• Complete forms, reports, logs, and records as required.
• Maintain work operations by following policies and procedures.
• Protect organization’s values by keeping residents’ information confidential.
• Serve and protect the community by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements and AHCA standards.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, in-services, reading professional publications and maintaining licensure.
• Enhances nursing department and community’s reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and medical terminology.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Knowledge of relevant nursing care.
• Friendly and professional bedside manner.
• Maintain current CPR and first aid certification.
• Multi-tasking skills.
• Effective oral, written, and reading communication skills.
• Understands legal implications of patient care.
• Certification with accredited training course.
• Min. 2-years’ experience preferred.
• Maintain valid Med Tech Certification, participating in yearly updates/certifications with accredited program.

Job Related Physical Requirements

• Job requires good physical and mental health.
• Physical activities may include lifting, rotating, and assisting residents who are partially dependent for moving about.
• Able to move throughout community areas independently.
• Able to stand and walk the entire shift.
• Able to bend, stoop, pull & twist.
• Ability to lift more than 100 pounds with assistance.
• Potential injury from transferring, repositioning, or lifting residents.
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections.
• Possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens
• Possible exposure to various drugs, chemical, infectious, or biological hazards.
• Subject to injury from falls, burns, odors, or cuts from equipment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $16.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

License/Certification:

• Certified Medication Technician (Preferred)

Work Location: In person