Med Tech

Responsibilities

• Accurately and timely distribute and document medication for residents in accordance with each resident’s physician’s orders and applicable regulations.
• Aid with activities of daily living, including bathing, showering, shaving, hair and fingernail care, dressing, oral hygiene, and help with meals.
• Observe, supervise, and record resident self-administration of prescribed medications.
• Report refusals and/or reactions to supervisor on duty.
• Order meal trays for residents when needed.
• Report and record observations of changes in residents’ condition to director or supervisor in the daily logbook.
• Transfer relevant information to the next shift through the shift-to-shift verbal report.
• Implement personal care plans for each resident.
• Communicate with staff, residents, and visitors in a patient and understanding manner, speaking slowly and clearly.
• Provide assistance in dining room as needed.
• Administer medication as directed by supervisor.
• Answer emergency calls promptly and courteously, complete required paperwork afterward.
• Retrieve soiled linen and personal clothing from resident living areas. Sort and pre-soak linens as required before processing through washing machines.
• Responsible for general upkeep and cleanliness of a resident’s room, including emptying waste baskets, wiping up spills, washing dishes, putting away clothes, checking refrigerator for spoiled food, making beds, changing linens, and observing condition of room/apartment.
• Report anything in need of repair to maintenance.
• Document clearly and objectively on residents in logbook and on other documents.
• Participate in in-service educational programs as required by the community and state.

Requirements

• Annual verification of a negative TB skin test.
• Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination required with exceptions for medical and religious accommodations.
• Moves intermittently throughout the workday.
• Copes with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Sees and hears or uses prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately.
• Meets the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
• Relates to and works with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, agitated residents.
• Able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
• Necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.