Medication Aide

Medication Aide

Provide medications and treatments to residents while upholding service standards, philosophy, and mission. Position responsibilities include, among others:

• Administer medications and treatments to residents in a timely manner per physician orders.
• Reorder medication as needed to ensure that medications are available when needed.
• Give report to medication aide relieving you.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident information.
• Transcribe physicians order to the Medication Administration Records (MARs) when received as appropriate to our Medication Administration Procedures (MAP) and fax to community's pharmacy.
• Record vital signs on MARs.
• Maintain the supplies stocked on medication carts.
• Call and communicate with residents' physicians to report the need for an appointment or medication or report change in behaviors or report health concerns.
• Follow the medication administration plan (MAP) as per the Community's Policy and Procedures.
• Communicate with community pharmacy for any supply needs.
• Become the Designated "Person In-Charge" when Administrator is not on site.
• Participate in and attend all required in-services/training sessions, including Relias modules.
• Communicate any staff or resident issues or concerns with the Administrator and/or RCC/RCD.

Your contribution to the team effort includes:

• Assist in ensuring compliance with State and Local Regulations.
• Appropriately interact with residents, family members, and other guests.
• Assist all departments with other duties as needed and/or assigned by Administrator/RCC/RCD.
• Communicate the needs and preferences of each resident with each caregiver as they become more apparent or change over time.

Be active and respond whenever needed:

• To resident emergencies and act accordingly.
• Communicate any resident concerns/issue to the appropriate person in a timely manner.
• Practice safety in working around and with equipment, chemicals, tools, and utensils, etc.

Contribute to the overall success of our community:

• Contribute to resident satisfaction by ensuring that customers' expectations are met or exceeded.
• Maintain efficient and appropriate communication with residents, family members, guests and coworkers.
• Contribute to marketing efforts through appropriate interaction with prospective residents and guests.

Possess and develop essential skills, experience, and abilities:

• Maintain current registration with the state.
• Maintain current CPR/First Aid certification.
• Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong customer orientation to older adults.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Positive attitude, enthusiasm, and energy.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend.
• Previous experience working in a senior living environment.

Physical demands and work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to stand, walk, sit, use fine and gross motor skills, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, and or smell. An individual must have the reading ability at the level to comprehend notes. An individual in this position will be required to lift or carry weights including up to 75 pounds. Intermittent physical activity includes lifting and supporting residents using proper body mechanics and with proper assistive devices wherever appropriate. The employee must be free of diseases that can be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability. More is described in the community's job description upon hire.