Per Diem Med Tech (CMT)

Colonial Group; Middletown (RI); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holidays

Meal Discount

Training Provided

Uniforms

Referral Bonus

Wellness Programs

401k Match

Health Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO

Job summary

Benchmark Senior Living is seeking a compassionate Certified Medication Technician (CMT) to join our team. As a CMT, you will deliver care to residents in a warm, home-like environment, ensuring medication administration is accurate and well-documented.

Responsibilities include communicating with the Resident Care Director, reporting changes in resident status, and completing required competency reviews. A state license and CPR certification are required or must be obtained within six months of

Qualifications

• Must have state Medication Technician License and demonstrate competency per state protocol.
• Quarterly competency review supervised by RN/RCD.
• CPR certification required or within six months of hire.
• Complete state-approved training in drug administration and obtain certificate.

Responsibilities

• Communicates questions or discrepancies related to medication administration to the Resident Care Director (RCD).
• Reports significant changes in resident status to the RCD.
• Documents supervision of self-administration in MAR.
• Documents/ notifies RCD of administration of PRN meds.
• Maintains documentation on PRN meds and affects.
• Recognizes and helps prevent elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Skills

Medication administration

CPR certified

Nursing assistant cert

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Connect with your calling. Join, stay, and grow with Benchmark.

Benchmark Senior Living is looking for a compassionate Certified Medication Technician to join our team! As a CMT, your main role will be to deliver care to our residents within a warm, comfortable, and home-like environment.

Per Diem all shifts available!

Responsibilities

• Communicates questions, concerns, and/or discrepancies related to medication administration to the Resident Care Director (RCD).
• Communicates any significant change of mental or physical status of resident to RCD.
• Documents supervision of self-administration in MAR.
• Documents/ notifies RCD of administration of prn meds.
• Responsible for documentation on prn meds and affect.
• Recognizes and can assist in the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Requirements

• Must have state Medication Technician License and demonstrate competency in accordance with the state-approved protocol in drug administration
• Successfully complete medication technician competency review (as supervised by RN / RCD) quarterly
• CPR certification required or ability to obtain within six months of hire
• The Medication Technician must complete a state approved training course in drug administration and receive a certificate of satisfactory successful completion.
• Med-Techs will be evaluated on their competency by the RCD each quarter
• Must have current certification as a nursing assistant or have successfully completed the certified home health aide or homemaker/personal care homemaker training program
• High School education preferred

As a community associate at Benchmark, you will have access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:

• 8 holidays & 3 floating holidays
• Discounted Meal Program
• Paid Training & Company-provided Uniforms
• Associate Referral Bonus Program
• Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match*
• Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits*
• Tuition Reimbursement Program*
• Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off*

*Eligibility may vary by employment status

Benchmark Senior Living is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We embrace and encourage our associates' differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our associates unique.