Certified Medication Technician

Benefits

• 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

• After authorization by the facility’s licensed nurse or the resident’s treating physician, administer PRN medications.
• Organize assigned medication duties to pour, pass, and document all routine prescribed medications and give PRN medication only upon the instruction of the licensed nurse.
• Document all PRN’s according to State Standards in all areas of the chart.
• Observe and report to the facility’s charge licensed nurse reactions and side effects of medication commonly administered to nursing facility’s residents.
• Take and record vital signs prior to administration of medications which could affect or change the vital signs.
• Administer and document regularly prescribed medications which the medication aide is permitted to administer only after personally preparing those medications. 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. Immediately after the emergency, notify the licensed nurse on duty and document the activity and notification.
• At the discretion of the charge nurse, count narcotics, give routine prescribed narcotics, and document them on individual sheet and medication sheet.

• Successfully completed a state‑approved school of medication administration.
• Carry a current acknowledgment card or certification issued by the state agency.
• Willing to abide by restrictions placed on the job by the state agency.
• Certified Nursing Assistant.

(EOE)