SRO Medication Coordinator 1

DePaul; Town/Village of East Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Generous PTO & Paid Holidays

403B Employer Match

Employee Discount Programs

Job summary

Parkside, a DePaul Community Residence-Single Room Occupancy (CR-SRO) Program, is seeking a full-time Medication Coordinator 1 for the day shift. The role involves accurate medication management, coordination with healthcare providers, and ensuring compliance with NYS Office of Mental Health regulations.

The position offers competitive wages of $21.75-$22.05 per hour, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development within a supportive, diverse workplace environment.

Qualifications

• High School diploma / GED and excellent organizational skills demonstrated by prior medication management experience, or advanced educational degree required.
• One year experience working with medications.

Responsibilities

• Logs in all client medications, checks labels, and stores medications per policy.
• Updates client charts and MAR with new medications or changes.
• Maintains medication inventory and ensures timely ordering.
• Ensures prescriptions are refilled as needed.
• Acts as liaison with doctors, pharmacies, and staff for timely medication management.
• Oversees supervision of residents’ medications per physician orders and NYS regulations.
• Resolves issues such as missed doses or adverse reactions and reports them appropriately.
• Trains staff on proper supervision of resident medications.

Skills

Medication management

Organizational skills

Education

High School diploma / GED

Advanced educational degree

Job description

Overview

Parkside, a DePaul Community Residence-Single Room Occupancy (CR-SRO) Program, is looking for a full time Medication Coordinator 1 to join the team for the day shift!

Why work for DePaul?

• Make a positive difference in someone's life
• Supportive work environment
• We value diversity
• Opportunity for professional development and career advancement
• Excellent benefits and competitive wages from $21.75-$22.05/hour

Responsibilities

• Properly logs in all client medications. This includes checking labels for accuracy, completing proper documentation and storingmedications as per DePaul’s policy and NYS Office of Mental Health regulations.
• Makes copies of all prescriptions, updates client charts as well as the medication and treatment record when new medications or change orders are prescribed.
• Inventories medication counts in a timely fashion to identify medications that need to be ordered.
• Ensures that prescriptions are refilled as needed.
• Ensures effective systems are in place for the ordering of all medications.
• Acts as a liaison with resident, doctors, pharmacies, providers, and residential staff as necessary to ensure timely and accurate ordering of medications and appointment scheduling as needed.
• Oversees the supervision of all residents’ medications in accordance with physician’s orders, agency policy and NYS Office of Mental Health regulations.
• Reviews the Medications Administration Record (MAR) daily to ensure accuracy of the supervision of the medications.
• Reports significant issues regarding client medications to the Medication Coordinator 2, Assistant Director or the Residential Services Coordinator (i.e.: missed doses of medications, resident refusals, adverse reactions, etc.).
• Assist with the training / orientation of all new applicable staff with regard to proper supervision of resident medications.
• Responsible for the monitoring and documentation of all residents involved in the self-medication process.
• Respects and maintains resident confidentiality and demonstrates a caring, positive attitudes towards all residents (as per respectpolicy), family members, staff, guests and service providers.
• Ensures the medication room is clean, organized, quiet and a welcoming environment for residents.
• Performs any other duties necessary for the effective operation of the program and the medication room in particular.

Qualifications

Education & Experience: High School diploma / GED and excellent organizational skills as demonstrated by prior medication management experience, or advanced educational degree required. One (1) year experience working with medications.

*A clean NYS driving record as outlined in DePaul’s personnel policy is preferred. Must be at least Eighteen (18) years of age.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Generous PTO & Paid Holidays
• 403B Employer Match
• Employee Discount Programs

DePaul is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and program need.