Medication Technician

About us

Anthem Memory Care is guided by a single purpose: To engage, protect, and love people living with memory loss. We are committed to sustaining a safe, active, and loving environment; to give our families peace of mind; to be patient, seeking to understand those living with memory loss; to provide each Anthem team member the opportunity for personal and professional growth, and to be respectful, trustworthy, and good stewards in all we do.

General Statement of Position

The General Statement of Position outlines the responsibilities and expectations for this role. The position involves delivering health services for all residents under general supervision, ensuring their safety and well-being. Reporting to the Clinical Services Director, the incumbent will oversee medical care, manage staff, and participate in various initiatives to improve resident services.

Essential Functions

• Know and understand the vision, purpose, values, and goals of Anthem Memory Care.
• Afford assessments of health and safety needs of residents; oversee medical care (medications/treatments).
• Ensure the social model of assisted living is operational; assist with family contacts when medical issues arise and provide information about residents' conditions and discuss alternative actions.
• Provide assessment input about residents to the clinical services director; participate in the preparation for the Department of Social Services annual inspection; assist in developing the annual strategic plan goals for the health issues in the resident services department; actively participate in the total strategic plan goals for the resident services department.
• Act as a backup to the director in his/her absence; attend in-service training workshops, educational classes, and meetings; respond to emergency situations; act as a liaison with doctors and residents; conduct work tasks safely and in compliance with the community safety program; provide effective and courteous service to all residents, guests, and co-workers; assist in other departments as needed; schedule transportation for residents to appointments if resident is unable.
• Perform other related essential duties as required.

Minimum Training and Experience

A High School Diploma, vocational/technical training; at least three years of experience, preferably in a geriatric setting; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities.

Certification and Clearance Requirements

• Medication Tech, CMA, or QMAP certification
• Requires First Aid and CPR certification
• Criminal record clearance or criminal record exemption, as required by law
• Health evaluation to ensure ability to perform duties of the position and the absence of any communicable disease, including tuberculosis and CXR clearance.

Knowledge and Abilities Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Knowledge of: Policies, procedures, methods, and practices of the community; Medical terminology; Methods and procedures involved in handling emergency situations; Use of medical supplies and equipment; Medication dispensed to residents; Supervisory methods and techniques; Records, graphs, reports, etc. used in the daily performance of duties; Principles and practices of nursing care.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to operate automated office machines including computer, calculator, telephone, and copier;
• Ability to operate and use a variety of health care equipment and tools including stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, glucometer, oxygen, otoscope, emergency and disaster equipment, etc.;
• Ability to utilize a variety of clerical, secretarial, medical and computer supplies;
• Must be physically able to exert considerable force occasionally in order to assist residents who have fallen and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects;
• Must be able to lift and/or carry weights of residents to position or transport them;
• Ability to perceive and discriminate colors, sounds, textures, odors, and forms.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Ability to assign, review, plan, and coordinate the work of other employees;
• Ability to provide instruction to other employees;
• Ability to recommend the discipline or discharge of other employees.

Mathematical Knowledge

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, calculate decimals and percentages, use college level algebra;
• Knowledge of and ability to use the metric system for medications.

Judgment and Situational Reasoning

• Ability to apply principles of rational systems such as nursing;
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems in the training and counseling of personnel;
• Ability to use independent judgment and discretion in supervising activities, handling difficult situations, maintaining standards, providing assistance and information.

Language and Interpersonal Communication

• Ability to comprehend and correctly use a variety of informational documents including resident records, telephone calls, lab reports, x-rays, attendance records, letters, time sheets, resident reviews, job applications and budgets;
• Ability to comprehend a variety of reference books and manuals including PDR, medical books, reports, journals, resident nursing notes, payroll summary and resident review;
• Ability to prepare performance appraisals, weekly reports, resident reviews and other job related documents using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style;
• Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, maintain confidentiality of restricted information, and to follow instructions;
• Ability to use and interpret medical, counseling, marketing, and personnel terminology and language;
• Ability to communicate effectively with residents and families, clients, physicians, nurses, staff, resident assistants, supervisor and client representatives verbally and in writing.

Environmental Adaptability

• Have ability to work effectively in a community environment.