Description The Medication Assistant is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure delivery of medications and health related items to the residents within a community. The Medication Assistant assists in developing, coordinating, and performing the tasks on the service plan according to the resident’s preferences and abilities.
Requirements
? To become familiar with the Montessori approach, when in a Montessori community, through the training provided. ? To support and engage in Montessori practices, when in a Montessori community, as presented by Amaran Senior Living. ? To assist fellow team mates in the practices of Montessori and intergenerational activities, when in a Montessori community. ? To support and engage in Intergenerational programming as introduced during orientation and continued training, when in a Montessori community. ? Engage residents in Montessori works, when in a Montessori community, to the best of your ability and residents interest. ? Has awareness of and practices in accordance with the regulations of the state and company policies & procedures. ? Provides medication assistance for residents in according to physician orders, ? Ensures eMAR/MAR accurately reflects physician orders. ? Assists residents with activities of daily living, environmental orientation, vital signs, first aid wound care, and communication with third-party providers, according to resident's individual service plans. Documents service delivery and results in resident's record. ? Attends incidents/unusual occurrences, completes incident reports and notifies appropriate parties. ? Observes and communicates any changes in resident physical or mental status. Completes Alert Charting, adding & removing residents as appropriate, documents observations & vital signs in progress notes. ? Maintains current record for each resident, ensuring physician orders are present and in order, third-party provider notes are scanned and filed, and other updated/pertinent resident information is updated/entered both electronically and hard copy per policies & procedures. ? Serves meals to residents restaurant-style in the dining room and provides meal delivery/room-service as requested. ? Performs other related duties as assigned.