Med Tech

Summary

As a Med Tech, you will be a vital member of the healthcare team, utilizing core skills in EMR and EHR systems, patient care, and medical documentation to provide high-quality care to patients. Your premium skills in assisted living, nursing home experience, and dementia care will enable you to excel in supporting individuals with complex needs. With relevant skills in Epic and Cerner systems, as well as experience in acute care settings, you will contribute to the development and implementation of care plans tailored to each patient's unique needs. Join our team and make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in EMR and EHR systems
• Strong understanding of patient care and medical terminology
• Experience with tube feeding and catheter care
• Knowledge of HIPAA regulations and medical documentation
• Ability to develop and implement care plans
• Experience in nursing, preferably in assisted living or hospital settings
• Familiarity with working with individuals with developmental disabilities and Alzheimer's care
• Relevant skills in Epic, Cerner, and medical office operations
• Background in home & community care and acute care
• Compassionate approach to senior care, hospice care, dementia care, and caregiving

Job Description:

• Follow the policies and procedures of the facility governing the administering of medications to residents
• Note and report errors in the administration of medications.
• Assist in developing and implementing procedures or programs of the facility that seek to determine what medication errors are taking place, when, where, and why they occur, and how they can be prevented.
• Perform administrative requirements, such as completing necessary forms, charts, reports, etc., and submit these as may be required.
• Maintain a friendly, productive, working relationship with other members of the patient care staff, the RN Consultant, attending physicians, and pharmacists.
• Report any complaints or grievances made by residents to your Supervisor or Administrator.
• Participate and cooperate with any facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested by the Administrator or the Resident Care Coordinator.

Committee Functions:

• Participate in Quality Assurance programs, the Pharmaceutical Services Committee, and any other facility committee or program that affects the medication pass, and seeks to improve the performance and accuracy of the medication process.
• Attend and participate in care plan meetings and in-service training as necessary.

Drug Administration Functions:

• Accurately and safely prepare, administer, and document any oral and/or topical medications that are commonly used in this facility and that may be ordered for resident use by the attending physician.
• Verify that any medications brought into the facility by a newly admitted resident are examined and identified by the attending physician or the facility pharmacy or pharmacist.
• Follow the labeling policies and practices of the facility.
• Ensure that all medications administered are properly labeled.
• Assist with medication charting as directed by your supervisor
• Follow facility procedures in regard to charting medications
• Follow facility policies and procedures regarding the destruction of medications; assist in carrying out these rules under the direction of the facility consulting pharmacist.
• Assist in documenting and removing medications that are discontinued by the attending physician.
• Follow facility procedures governing drug receipt errors, including notifying the delivery source and the Administrator.
• Ensure that medication is returned and reordered except for emergency drugs. Ensure that documentation of the drug receipt error includes a written error report, signed by an observer/witness and you.
• Follow facility procedures in holding medications for residents who are transferred from the facility or when the attending physician discontinues a medication.
• Accurately measure, record, and report the vital signs of residents.
• Observe and verify that medication is ingested or applied as directed. Document any instance where prescribed medication is not administered, including reason(s) for refusal.
• Promptly notify your Supervisor of any errors or reactions to medications by residents.
• Follow the medication card practices of the facility.
• Ensure that no medication is administered without a written, signed, dated order from an attending licensed physician.
• Follow the facility procedure for recording the order in the resident's clinical record, including the type, route, dosage, frequency, and strength of each medication.
• Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication treatment.
• Follow the facility's procedures allowing residents to self-administer their medications.
• Assist your Supervisor in monitoring and documenting all aspects of such self-administering.
• Promptly notify your Supervisor of any failure of a resident to properly take any “self-administered” medications.
• Follow established guidelines concerning the storage of drugs.
• Be familiar with the meaning and usage of common medical abbreviations, symbols, and terms relative to the administration of medications as used by the facility, pharmacists, and physicians.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the resident's comprehensive assessment as necessary.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $10.00 - $12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Hickory, NC (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Hickory, NC: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $10 - $12