Medication Aide

Medication Aide                                                          

Position Summary:  Provide medications and treatments to residents while upholding service standards, philosophy and mission.

Position Responsibilities – Service

• Administrator medication and treatments in a timely manner and per physician orders
• Reorder medication as needed to ensure that medication are available when needed
• Reports to medication aide relieving you
• Count narcotics at beginning and end of shift.  Report any discrepancy to Administrator.
• Remain on duty until relieved by another medication aide
• Transcribe physicians order to MARS when received and fax to pharmacy.
• Record vitals signs on MARS
• Stock medicine carts
• Call resident’s physicians to report the need of appointment or medication.
• Follow medication management plan.
• Communicate with facility pharmacy of supply needs.
• Designated person in charge when administrator in not on site
• Participate in and attend all required in-services training sessions.
• Communicate any staff or resident issues with the administrator
• All task listed on Direct Care Aide Job description
• All other duties assigned

Team Effort:

• Assist in ensuring compliance with State and Local Regulations
• Appropriately interact with resident, family member, and other guest
• Assist all department with other duties as needed and/or assigned by Administrator

Action:

• Respond 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
• No horse playing or agitating resident

Reputation:

• Maintain professional relationships with all employees  - no arguing
• Maintain good hygiene and a professional appearance

Success:

• Contribute to resident satisfaction by ensuring that customer’s expectations are met or exceeded
• Maintain efficient and appropriate communication with residents, family members and guest
• Contribute to marketing efforts through appropriate interaction with prospective resident and guest

Essential skills, experience and abilities:

• Maintain current Registration with the State
• 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

• Nursing Uniforms / Scrub type clothing
• Tennis, Nursing, or Croc type shoes need to be slip resistance.  No open toe shoes.  Shoes must be worn at all times during working hours.
• Name tag
• Hair should be up out of the way of care
• Black Pen
• No piecing that dangle.  No lip or eyebrow rings

Physical Demands and Work Environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described her 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 weight in up to 75 pounds.  Intermittent physical activity includes lifting and supporting residents.  The employee must use proper body mechanics.  The employee must be free of diseases that can be transmitted in the performance of job responsibilities during the stage of communicability.

            Work Environment:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to minimal to moderate noise. The employee occasionally works in high precarious places and is frequently expels to heat and risk of electrical shock.  The employee occasionally works in outside weather condition and is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemical, extreme cold, and vibration. The employee will be exposed to blood and/or body fluids.  The employee may encounter traumatic situations, such as having to care for mentally ill resident and contact the deceased residents.  Employee will be scheduled based on operational needs (e.g., shift rotation, standby, on-call, etc.) SLEEPING IS NOT PERMITTED DURING WORKING HOURS.