Med Tech (Part-Time)

About the job

Legends Park Assisted Living in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is hiring a part-time medication technician for day shift, including weekends. The med tech helps give residents their medications as the attending physician orders, with direction from the physician, the Health Services Director and the charge nurse or nurse supervisor.

What you'll do

• Prepare, give and document the oral and topical medications ordered for residents, following facility policy
• Confirm each resident's identity before giving medication, check that it is taken or applied as directed, and document any refusal with the reason
• Make sure medications are properly labeled, and follow facility rules for charting, holding, discontinuing and destroying medications
• Note medication errors, drug receipt errors and resident reactions, and report them promptly to the Health Services Director
• Make sure medications a newly admitted resident brings in are examined and identified by the physician or pharmacy
• Measure, record and report residents' vital signs, and follow facility procedures when residents give themselves their own medications
• Attend continuing education to keep your certification current
• Complete forms, charts and reports, and pass resident complaints to the Health Services Director
• Take part in quality assurance, the Pharmaceutical Services Committee, other medication programs and government surveys
• Keep resident health information confidential and report any suspected breach

What you need

• High school education or equivalent
• A license as a Medication Aide, with a state approved training program and any required exams completed
• Able to read and interpret technical procedures and regulations, and write reports
• Able to work with fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions
• Able to lift or move up to 25 pounds now and then, and to sit, stand and walk regularly
• May need to help evacuate residents in an emergency

Schedule

• Part-time, day shift, including weekends