Compassionate Medication Technician — Assisted Living

Aventura Healthcare Group; North Lima (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Aventura Place in Ohio is seeking a high-energy, caring Medication Technician to join our Assisted Living Facility team. Experience in an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing setting is preferred.

You will support resident self-administration of medications, maintain accurate narcotic logs, monitor for adverse reactions, and communicate changes to the supervising nurse and care staff. This position emphasizes privacy and quality of care.

Responsibilities

• Provides privacy for the resident.
• Checks for changes in orders and discontinued orders.
• Assists with self-administration of medication as assigned within the scope of practice.
• Assists with self-administration of medications, staying with each resident until the medication is consumed and charts appropriately.
• Maintains upkeep and cleanliness of medication carts, wipes down top of medication cart daily.
• Daily checks medication cart for upcoming expiration dates and notifies supervising nurse of all meds expiring.
• Responsible for maintaining an accurate narcotic log and verifying count with oncoming Med Tech.
• Notifies a supervising nurse at once if noting any adverse reaction of medication on resident.
• Notes significant changes in condition of resident.
• Communicates requests and problems to appropriate personnel.

Job description

Aventura Place in Ohio is seeking a high-energy, caring Medication Technician to join our Assisted Living Facility team. Experience in an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing setting is preferred.

You will support resident self-administration of medications, maintain accurate narcotic logs, monitor for adverse reactions, and communicate changes to the supervising nurse and care staff. This position emphasizes privacy and quality of care.