Medication Assistant, Certified (MAC) - Starting $18/hr- PRN

Responsibilities

• Responsible for limited medication administration tasks and providing residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident’s Medication Administration Record (MAR), resident’s assessment and plan of care and as directed.
• Perform limited medication administration tasks as delegated by a licensed nurse.
• Provide nursing care to residents including activities of daily living.
• Compare the resident’s physician’s order and the MAR.
• Verify the order matches the MAR.
• Verify the order, MAR, and the medication pack match.
• Document appropriately on the MAR/EMAR.
• Keep resident rooms and resident care areas clean and neat.
• Participate in the orientation of new residents to facility.
• Document care as instructed and required.
• Report all changes in the resident’s condition (i.e., areas of redness, skin tears, bruising, mental status change, eating habits, etc.) to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met.
• Assist in transporting resident to/from dining room, therapy, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.
• Encourage resident to participate in activity programs.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist with