Quail Park

Lead Medication Technician

Shannon - Visalia, CA - Full Time

ALL Positions Starting at $21 an hour!!!

Quail Park at Shannon Ranch offers comfortably appointed apartment homes and extraordinary opportunities to allow our residents to remain active and be social. Join the team today!

Purpose:

To ensure proper medication administration per resident’s personal physician and the community’s Policies and Procedures. To provide personal care and assist in monitoring the wellbeing and the environment of the residents receiving assisted living services. To provide support to the Health & Wellness Director and other Care Partners as needed.

Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

High school diploma or equivalent required
CNA, or previous experience working with the elderly in a residential care required.
Current CNA license, other license, or ability to obtain as required by State regulatory agency.
Ability to take blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and O2 Sat or ability to learn.
Experience reading medical terminology preferred (Lead Med-Tech only)
Must maintain current CPR/First Aid credentials
Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials
Must maintain annual Continuing Education Credits
Must enjoy working with seniors.
Ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members and team members.
Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors, vendors, doctor’s office staff and other team members.
Responsible for assisting in the training of new team members.
Ability to represent the community in a positive and professional manner.
Must meet all health-related requirements pertaining to state licensure.
Must be able to perform duties and responsibilities (Essential Job Functions) with or without reasonable accommodation.
Subject to pre-employment screening including criminal background check, drug, and TB testing, and physical.

Essential Functions:

Medication Administration

Administer medication appropriately and timely according to regulations, physician orders and the community’s Policies and Procedures.
Ensure that medication is maintained as needed, and all medication refills are ordered in a timely manner to ensure medications are available for each resident.
Is familiar with and consistently adheres to all medication-related policies and procedures, including those concerning appropriate documentation and medication accountability.
Assists the Nurse with quarterly Medication room audits.
Notifies supervisor of concerns or problems with orders/MARs in a timely manner.
Assists Licensed Nurse printing MARs and reviews as requested.
Updates MARs in computer with new orders/changes in the absence of the Licensed Nurse
Works with pharmacies and doctors’ offices to obtain correct orders and refills.
Maintains clean and tidy med room.

Resident Care

Reviews and understands all resident individual service plans.
Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and ambulation, as specified in residents’ individual service plans.
Engages residents in meaningful conversation and socialization while providing medication supervision assistance and personal care assistance.

Ensures that weights and vitals are done monthly on all residents and records are maintained in resident chart/profile.
Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, and social condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse and/or supervisor.
Communicates with Resident Care Team about changes with residents, contacts families as needed.
Completes all forms to include but not limited to incident reports, and written and computerized documentation, as necessary for communication of resident information with other shifts and with the licensed nurses, Executive Director/Administrator, and other members of the Resident Care Team
Assists with resident mealtimes in dining room, serves meals in accordance with proper serving technique and ensures that food is presented in an attractive manner as needed.
Encourages residents to participate in scheduled activities and outings and assists with those activities as needed.
Provides Postmortem care carried out by a Med Tech” for a resident who passes away in the community under hospice.
Acts as a role model to team members to ensure quality care and monitoring of residents.

Housekeeping

Makes resident beds, empties apartment trash, and tidies resident apartment daily and as needed or requested.
Turns down resident beds in the evening if requested.
Changes resident linens and towels according to community laundry schedule, and as needed or as requested.
Maintains resident clothing and closet in a neat and orderly manner.
Assists with resident laundry, as necessary.
Notifies Housekeeping team members of spills and soiled areas of carpets and furniture; assists with clean-up as needed. If no Housekeeper is on duty, cleans up spills and soiled areas immediately.
Assists in cleaning walkers, wheelchairs, and other resident equipment, as needed.
Assists with other housekeeping duties as assigned.

Other

Assist supervisor with scheduling and other support tasks as needed.
Provides mentorship and training to care team members.
Attends all required team member meetings and in-service training sessions.
Answers phones as needed in a prompt and courteous manner.
Upholds Residents’ Rights as defined by state regulations and by Company policy, at all times.
Supports and upholds all other Company policies, and the service philosophy.
Adheres to the company dress code while on duty.
Reliable and predictable attendance
Other duties as assigned.