Certified Medication Technician

Overview

Diversicare provides post‑acute care services to patients and residents at 43 skilled nursing and long‑term care centers in five states. Our mission is to improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations.

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Excellent 401k plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vacation, holiday, and sick time
• Long and short term disability
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Referral bonuses
• Divers
  
  ICARE employee hardship fund
• Pay advancement program – OnShift Wallet

• Work under the supervision of a licensed vocational nurse or registered professional nurse.
• Administer PRN medications after authorization by the facility’s licensed nurse or the resident’s treating physician.
• Organize assigned medication duties to pour, pass, and document all routine prescribed medications and give PRN medication only upon instruction of the licensed nurse.
• Document all PRN’s according to state standards in all areas of the chart.
• Observe and report reactions and side effects of medication to the facility’s charge licensed nurse.
• Take and record vital signs prior to administration of medications that could affect or change vital signs.
• Administer and document regularly prescribed medications that the medication aide is permitted to administer after personally preparing them. Document the medications given in the resident’s clinical record.
• Administer oxygen per nasal channel or a non‑sealing face mask only in an emergency and notify the licensed nurse on duty or on call with appropriate documentation.
• At the discretion of the charge nurse, count narcotics, give all routine prescribed narcotics, and document same on individual sheet and medication sheet.

• Successfully completed a state‑approved school of medication administration.
• Current acknowledgment card or certification issued by state agency.
• Willing to abide by restrictions placed on job by state agency.
• Certified nursing assistant.
• (EOE)