What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Respite Technician position at Siena Francis House?
Job Description
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE :
The Medical Respite Technician provides direct care, daily supervision, and facilitation of daily activities, for clients in the Medical Respite program at Siena Francis House. The Medical Respite Technician helps individuals reach their care plan goals, including overall improvement of health and wellness.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
- Intakes to include reviewing medical respite and shelter expectations,
- Provide direct supervision and support of clients in the medical respite program.
- Transport clients to and from appointments.
- Monitor the medical respite unit, to include ensuring a sanitary and clean environment.
- Complete accurate and timely documentation.
- Monitor client behaviors and elevate any changes in conditions.
- Works cooperatively / proactively with healthcare workers, case managers, clinicians, housing navigators, and shelter staff to help clients reach their care plan goals.
- Assist client with their discharge and transition plans.
- Completes all documentation and data entry as required, in a timely manner (Progress notes, Homeless Management Information System).
- Provides excellent internal and external customer service, behaving in a manner that cultivates collaboration, respect, and teamwork.
- Implements agency policy and procedures to effectively serve Medical Respite clients.
- Participate in applicable meetings, trainings, conferences, etc. as required both internally and externally.
- Communicate effectively in oral and written forms with clients, their families, and their significant others, coworkers, supervisors, other service agencies and the community remain culturally sensitive and respectful in all client and staff interactions.
- Adhere to all client confidentiality requirements & standards.
- Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards
- Perform other duties as assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS :
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS :
WORK ENVIRONMENT :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a residential setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER :
Siena Francis House provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.
E-VERIFY :
Siena Francis House is a participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For information about the E-Verify program, please visit : http : / / www.uscis.gov / e -verify / employees.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and / or move up to 20 pounds, and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms. The work environment may have extended working hours, frequent time constraints, and shifting priorities, contributing to physical and mental stress. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Sunday to Thursday, 10 : 00 AM to 6 : 00 PM
