Medication Technician

Job Details

Job Details

Job Location:

The Glen at Ocala - Ocala, FL
Salary Range: $16.00 Hourly

Summary:

Responsible for enhancing and improving the SRIM experience specifically in the Heartful Care for our residents and their families by performing the following duties.

• Demonstrates and promotes SRIM's core value of the Golden Rule, treating others, including residents, families, visitors, and associates, in the same way we would like to be treated.*
• Supervises self-administration of medication for residents.*
• Assists with ADL's, meal service, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging resident independence.*
• Speaks to/interacts with residents at all levels of care constantly, while showing empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.*
• Observes and reports to supervisor daily and all changes in the resident’s health and emotional well-being. *
• Serves and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.
• Responsible for initiating and participating in leisure activities provided to residents as described in the activity calendar.*
• Maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for all residents at all times.*
• Performs daily general housekeeping duties following established cleaning schedules.*
• Ensures and supports a dignified and caring atmosphere for residents, families, visitors, and associates.*
• Always responds promptly and courteously to resident's requests for assistance including phone calls and requests from family members and visitors.*
• Communicates effectively in a language that each resident is capable of understanding.*
• Ensures residents and/or responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.*
• Maintains a safe and secure working environment free of objects/situations that could cause harm and/or falls to residents, families, visitors, and associates.*
• Practices good body mechanics and safe working habits at all times.*
• Observes and reports safety hazards immediately to supervisor.
  * Provides assistance to associates when requested or required.*
• Knows, understands, and follows established policies and procedures in emergency situations.*
• Responsible for being considered essential personnel during emergencies and/or inclement weather. Is required to report or remain at community until released by supervisor.*
• Works as a team player with other associates and management in accomplishing work assignments.*
• Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude about work issues, policies, and procedures at all times.*
• Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude with residents, families, visitors, associates and management at all times.*
• Complies with attendance and call off policy.*
• Attends and/or participates in trainings, in-service, and mandatory meetings.*
• Wears clean and appropriate dress per established dress code policy at all times.*
• Refrains from discussing resident care issues with families and visitors and refers all inquiries to immediate supervisor.*
• Knows, understands, and complies with HIPAA regulations.*
• Assists with training of new employees.*
• Assists in mentoring new employees.*
• Takes the initiative in work, seeks out additional information, and offers solutions/suggestions, all without asking.*
• Takes on special projects or assignments outside of regular duties willingly.*
• Provides a variety of housekeeping and/or laundry duties in maintaining the community in an orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.*
• Performs all other reasonable duties as assigned.*

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be…