Requirement: We are only looking for a Night Med-Tech

Job Description:

Administrative Functions:

• 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.

Staff Development:

• Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your certification on a current status.
• Attend annual OSHA, HAZCOM, and TB training programs as scheduled
• Attend and participate in orientation programs as necessary.
• Participate in an in-service training program prior to performing tasks that involve potential exposure to blood or body fluids

Safety and Sanitation:

• Use personal protective equipment when performing procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
• Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to your supervisor or the Administrator immediately.
• Follow established safety precautions in the performance of all duties.
• Wash hands before and after performing any service for the resident.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
• Provide Supervision of Resident Care Staff including personal care aides, certified nursing assistants, and medication technicians.

Resident's Rights:

• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information.
• Ensure that resident interviews are conducted in private.
• Report any complaints or grievances made by residents to the Administrator.
• Ensure that you treat all residents fairly, and with kindness, dignity, and respect.
• Knock before entering the resident's room.
• Report incidents or suspected incidents of resident abuse to the Administrator immediately.
• Honor the resident's refusal of treatments or medication requests.
• Report a resident's refusal of treatments or medications to your supervisor

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $12.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Healthcare setting:

• Assisted living facility

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Night shift

Work Location: In person