Medication Technician: Compassionate Resident Care & Benefits

AgeWell Senior Living; Four Corners CDP (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Glades at Championsgate is seeking a Medication Technician Assistant to support medication administration for residents under RN/LPN supervision. Multiple shifts are available, with emphasis on accuracy, compassion, and compliance with state guidelines.

Ideal candidates have experience in medication assistance for older adults, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, and a mature, friendly demeanor to provide outstanding resident care.

Qualifications

• Each team member who assists or administers medication shall be authorized by the applicable state governing authority.
• Meet requirements of the state assisted living medication assistant guidelines.
• Preferably experience in medication assistance with older adults.
• Experienced and interested in working with older adults.
• Demonstrates organizational skills
• Mature, pleasant, friendly, and cheerful personality.

Responsibilities

• Administer and/or assist with self- administration of prescribed medication to residents and maintain related medical records under the supervision of the RN and/or LPN.
• Verify identity of resident receiving medication and record name of drug, dosage, route, and time of administration on specified forms of records.
• Presents medication to residents and observes ingestion or other application, assists or administers medication, using specified procedures.
• Take vital signs or observes residents to detect respond to specified types of medication and prepares report or notifies designed personnel of unexpected reactions.
• Document reasons prescribed drugs are not ingested by resident.
• Adhere to community medication policies.
• Administers or assists with medication administration via routes: oral, topical, eye, ear/nose, rectal, transdermal, sublingual and buccal.

Skills

Medication assistance

Older adult care

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Mature and cheerful

Attention to detail

Job description

The Glades at Championsgate is seeking a Medication Technician Assistant to support medication administration for residents under RN/LPN supervision. Multiple shifts are available, with emphasis on accuracy, compassion, and compliance with state guidelines.

Ideal candidates have experience in medication assistance for older adults, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, and a mature, friendly demeanor to provide outstanding resident care.