Resident Medication Assistant - Full-time

Noland Health Services; Birmingham (AL); Vor Ort; USD 17.000 - 22.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Noland Health Services in Birmingham, AL seeks a Certified Nurse Assistant to support residents with daily living activities and medication administration in accordance with MAR/EMAR and the resident's plan of care.

Your duties include verifying identities and medications, assisting with lifting and transfers, aiding meals and personal care, documenting care, reporting changes to supervisors, orienting new residents, and encouraging participation in activities.

Qualifikationen

• High school diploma or equivalent required or preferred.
• Experience in resident care is preferred.

Aufgaben

• Assist residents with medication.
• Verify resident can recognize name, date, and medication.
• Verify resident has taken the medication.
• Provide daily living care to residents as needed.
• Notify supervisor of changes in condition or discrepancies in orders.
• Compare physician orders with MAR.
• Verify the order matches the MAR.
• Verify order, MAR, and medication pack match.
• Document accurately on MAR/EMAR.
• Assist with lifting, moving, and transferring residents using proper technique.
• Check residents to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist in preparing and serving meals as necessary.
• Keep resident rooms and care areas clean and neat.
• Perform day-to-day housekeeping activities as assigned.
• Orient new residents to the facility.
• Encourage and assist residents to participate in activities.
• Assume additional responsibilities as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Medication administration

Resident care

Documentation on MAR/EMAR

Verify orders against MAR

Ausbildung

High School diploma or equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

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Summary of Duties

Responsible for assisting residents with medication administration and with routine daily care and services in accordance with the resident’s Medication Administration Record (MAR), resident’s assessment and plan of care as directed.

Essential Job Functions

• 1.Assist the resident with mediation.
• 2.Verify with the resident, the resident can recognize the name, date and medication they are to take
• 3.Verify the resident has taken the medication
• 4.Provide care to residents including activities of daily living as needed
• 5.Notify the manager/supervisor any change in condition (i.e. discrepancy in the order, MAR or medication pack, resident’s inability to recognize medications, areas of redness, skin tears, bruising, mental status changes, eating habits
• 6.Compare the resident’s physician’s order and the MAR
• 7.Verify the order matches the MAR
• 8.Verify the order, MAR, and the medication pack match
• 9.Document appropriately on the MAR/ EMAR
• 10.Assist with lifting, moving, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, etc., as necessary, utilizing proper facility technique
• 11.Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met
• 12.Assist in preparing and serving meals as necessary and on a timely basis
• 13.Keep resident rooms and resident care areas clean and neat
• 14.Perform day-to-day housekeeping activities in accordance with daily work assignments
• 15.Orient new residents to facility
• 16.Encourage and assist residents to participate in activities. Assist in conducting activities with residents as directed
• 17.Assume additional responsibilities as assigned or needed.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent preferred

Experience

Experience in resident/patient care preferred