AZ Medication Assistant (MA)

Highgate Senior Living; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team dedicated to enhancing the lives of seniors. This role as a Medication Assistant offers a fulfilling opportunity to provide essential care and support, ensuring residents live purposefully. With a focus on holistic well-being, you'll engage in meaningful interactions, making a positive impact on the lives of over 700 seniors. This position not only allows you to grow within the healthcare field but also to develop valuable skills in leadership, clinical practices, and customer service. If you have a passion for serving others and a desire to build a rewarding career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible compensation package

Good benefits package

Opportunities for professional growth

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• At least 18 years old with a current Certified Caregiver license.
• Ability to obtain CPR & First Aid Certification and pass a background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on and stand-by assistance to residents.
• Support residents' emotional, psychological, and physical needs.

Skills

Customer service skills

Problem-solving

Patience

Compassion

Computer skills

Detail orientation

Adaptability

Understanding of dementia care

Education

Certified Caregiver license

CPR & First Aid Certification

Job description

LOVE YOUR WORK. JOIN OUR TEAM.

A community, not a facility. As thought leaders in the industry, we take a positive, holistic approach to senior care and encourage independence, as people are happiest when they can make their own choices. We provide opportunities for physical activity, social engagement, intellectual stimulation, spiritual involvement, and fun. We treat our residents and our team members like family. This opportunity will allow you to positively impact the quality of life for over 700 seniors and their families.

MEDICATION ASSISTANT (AZ CCG)

We are looking for the right person to partner with our residents to help them continue to live their lives of purpose and make the most of every day by providing the best care and support we can give them. We specialize in assisted living and memory care. Highgate Senior Living's mission is to devote ourselves to help each resident live a life of purpose and each of us plays a crucial role in doing so. We operate communities in the western US and are seeking the right Medication Assistant to join our team. If you are working on establishing your career in the growing field of seniors housing, have a love and passion for serving others, a background in customer service, hospitality, or healthcare, this may be a good opportunity for you. This position is either full or part-time and includes being responsible for the care of our residents, which can be hands-on and/or stand-by assistance as needed. At Highgate, providing care means to provide for the whole person, providing physical assistance with activities of daily living and emotional, psychological, and soulful support.

The best candidate may have a current Certified Caregiver license, be an organized and detail-oriented individual with a positive and self-motivated attitude. Experience in passing medications will be preferred and we are willing to provide the required training to become certified to pass meds for the right candidate. You must have strong communication and critical thinking abilities as interacting with seniors while providing care requires both abilities. Working with us as a Medication Assistant is a solid step toward building a rewarding career in the healthcare industry. This is also a great opportunity for healthcare professionals that are looking for part-time, supplemental income. At Highgate, we will partner with you to support your professional growth and take your career in healthcare to the next level and beyond. If you want to become a leader in seniors housing, come work with us. Our industry needs heart-driven, passionate professionals that enjoy working in service to others while gaining the leadership, clinical, business, and marketing skills necessary for a long-term, deeply satisfying profession.

SKILLS NEEDED:

• Good customer service skills, the ability to intuit, and problem solve
• Patience, level-headedness, and compassion
• Computer skills or the ability to learn new software
• Ability to pivot, change direction and accomplish tasks with innovative approaches
• Detail orientation, demonstrated follow-up, and documentation abilities
• Strong capability to focus on a task during periods of distraction
• Ability to take feedback and incorporate it into your efforts
• An understanding of what it takes to provide care to residents that need physical and/or cognitive support
• Comfortable to adapt quickly to the changing needs of an older adult
• An understanding or the willingness to gain an understanding of the various forms of dementia and how residents with dementia can continue to live with purpose

RELATABLE EXPERIENCE:

• Prior experience working in an assisted living community or memory care community as a Certified Medication Assistant or other role
• Jobs or volunteer assignments that have given you opportunities to provide care for someone or were detail-oriented in nature
• Other hospitality or healthcare-related experience
• Experience in customer service
• Roles in which you have been a multi-tasker
• Opportunities from your past where you have demonstrated kindness, patience, and compassion to varying groups and individuals
• Volunteer work involving vulnerable groups

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. At least 18 years of age

2. A current Certified Caregiver license or the ability to get one quickly

3. Ability to obtain CPR & First Aid Certification

4. Current negative TB test

5. Possess the ability to sit, stand, bend, and move continuously during work hours

6. Ability to carry or transfer up to 25 lbs with assistance

7. Ability to pass criminal record/background check

8. Be efficient and exercise good time management skills

9. Must be able to work well independently with little oversight

10. Must have a track record of top-notch organizational abilities and communication skills

11. Willing to attend and incorporate into your work efforts different types of training

As an organization, we offer our team members a good benefits package, the ability to be heard, have their opinions count, and the opportunity to innovate. Our compensation package will be flexible for this role based on the credentialing, tenure, and skill sets each candidate brings for consideration. The hourly wage range for this position is $19.00 to $23.50 per hour. Prior experience working with seniors is a plus. A passion for your work and a commitment to serving others are essential job qualifications. This is an opportunity to work in a booming industry that is constantly evolving and is making a positive impact for seniors every day. We want to help you grow your career. We are a healthcare company and being vaccinated against COVID-19 will be preferred.

If you want to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to connect with us.