PGH Activities Coordinator​/Med Aide

About Us

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness (WVCW) is an innovative nonprofit providing comprehensive services to individuals impacted by mental health, addictions and developmental disabilities. We hire individuals that are skilled and motivated to meet our mission through outcome-based strategies that foster personal and community transformation.

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness (WVCW) is an innovative nonprofit providing comprehensive services to individuals impacted by mental health, addictions and developmental disabilities. We hire individuals that are skilled and motivated to meet our mission through outcome-based strategies that foster personal and community transformation.

Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness is seeking a highly compassionate individual who loves making a difference in the lives of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness in our residential facilities. In this vital role, you will be a part of a tight-knit team that works to ensure each and every person in our care lives their best life and reaches their goals.

You will guide, provide services and support residents in developing skills to reach their full potential.

It is a requirement that the standards and procedures for the medication aide position will be followed, as defined in the Oregon Administrative Rules, for the provision of care and services to residents with mental illness in a licensed adult residential treatment facility. WVCW RTF ( Residential Treatment Facilities) Houses provide residential care: the provision of room and board; care and services that assist the resident's with ADL's;

24-hour supervision; awareness of the residents' general whereabouts; monitoring the activities of the resident while on the premises of the RTF as well as in the community to ensure their health, safety and wellbeing. Applicants will understand and practice the basic concepts of the Recovery Model as it relates to the Mission Statement for Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness. Applicants will understand and practice resident centered care in a compassionate and hopeful manner.

• Reads client support documents as needed upon reporting to work and make all appropriate entries during and before the conclusion of the shift
• Create a skill training plan to assist residents with activities of daily living like nutrition, personal hygiene and grooming, cleaning, community access, personal spending, socialization, recreation, skill acquisition, and self-expression
• Engage residents in social conversation, provide supportive listening, and encourage and/or set up community based activities
• Establish and maintain a positive working team environment with all registered nurses, providers, and residential facility staff and treat everyone with dignity and respect
• Implement one-on-one activities as stated in Resident Care Plans
• Participate fully in team meetings, training, and one-to-one supervision
• Provide feedback to oncoming staff regarding resident's interactions, activities, and behaviors at the end of your shift
• Report suspected changes in a resident condition and/or potential crisis situations to the registered nurse
• Remain alert and provide direct line-of-sight monitoring of residents as needed
• Administers prescribed medications, following physician's orders for all medications and/or procedures and treatments, and documents on medical charts and count sheets according to established procedures as delegated by the Head Nurse.
• Attending shift report; getting oriented to the resident's past and current needs.
• Staying awake and alert throughout the entire shift.
• Assisting residents of either gender in personal self-management activities including: eating, toileting, bathing, personal hygiene and grooming, cleaning, community access, personal spending, socialization, recreation, skill acquisition, and self-expression.
• Using the training and guidelines provided, transfer residents to and from wheelchairs, beds, chairs, toilets, or where mobility is a need.
• Assist in serving and preparation of meals in accordance with MD…