What are the responsibilities and job description for the Med Passer/Caregiver position at Dimensions Living Green Bay?
- Administers, prepares, orders, stores, controls, and charts medications according to
established policies and procedures and following infection control standards of practice. Medication types include: oral, rectal, topical, eye and eardrops
- Performs resident treatments in accordance with policies and training received
- Documents all medication administered on the medication record accurately and in accordance
with standards of practice
- Ensures medication rooms and carts are locked at all times
- Assures stock of medications, supplies and equipment are maintained; records of all supplies
used for resident treatments, as indicated
- Follows resident care/treatment plans, documents noted changes in a resident’s physical,
psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions according to community policy and procedure.
- Understands residents’ charts, doctor’s orders and residents’ plan of care.
- Complies with long-term care federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
- Follow standard precautions and works within OSHA guidelines.
- Ensure that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring,
compassionate and dignified manner which recognizes the individual’s needs and rights.
- Remains aware and takes special precautions to ensure a clean, safe environment for residents
and staff.
- Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADL) in a manner conducive to their safety
and comfort, under the direction of a licensed nurse.
- Follows all shift routines, policy and procedures regarding accurate performance of vital
signs, weights, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, using speech, language, or other functional communication system etc.
- Answers resident call lights promptly for assigned residents and willingly supports team in
answering call lights for unassigned residents.
- Turns, lifts, positions and transports residents into and out of bed, chairs, bathtubs,
wheelchairs, lifts, according to care plan.
- Ensure the residents are clean, neatly dressed, and well-groomed.
- Neatly makes and changes bed linen.
- Assists the resident with the restorative nursing program including but not limited to,
passive and active range of motion and ambulation as appropriate.
- Reports proactively and promptly to the nurse any illnesses, rashes, bruises, changes in the
resident’s overall physical, psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions / status.
- Recognizes the potential for or actual skin problems and repots to the nurse as required.
- Reports to nurse all incidents/accidents that occur involving residents, co-workers and
visitors.
- Performs other duties as assigned. MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
