Medication Technician

Company: Greenway Manor
Location: Racine
Posted on: April 24, 2024

Job Description:

Job Summary: Provide resident care and perform procedures as outlined by the facility and under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Qualifications:

• Active CNA license
• High school diploma or high school equivalency diploma
• Have at least 2,000 hours experience in direct patient care in the last 3 years
• Continued qualifications for medication course:
  • Written recommendation from director of nursing, administrator and two licensed charge nurses whose license Responsibilities:
    • Assist with lifting, turning moving, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs lifts, etc.
    • Assist residents with dressing and ensure that dependent residents are dressed in clean clothing appropriate for season and good repair.
    • Assist with medication passing as needed with RN supervision
    • Give or assist resident with bathing.
    • Assist residents with daily dental and mouth care
    • Keep incontinent resident's clean, dry and odor free; check every two hours to maintain.
    • Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions.
    • Position residents maintaining good body alignment.
    • Keep residents dry, changing clothes and gowns when wet or soiled.
    • Make beds and change linens when soiled.
    • Shave male patients daily and female residents as needed.
    • Keep residents' finger and toenails clean and trimmed.
    • Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
    • Assist resident with hair combing and brushing, shampooing and styling.
    • Assist residents in preparing for activity and social programs and transport, accompany and participate when assigned.
    • Maintain records and flow sheets accurately and timely.
    • Measure and record T.P.R., blood pressure and weights as instructed.
    • Observe and report the presence of skin breakdown or redness to the nurse.
    • Observe and report any physical or emotional changes observed in the residents including any complaints or grievances made by the resident.
    • Prepare resident for meals, assist serving food trays or assist with feeding as necessary and record/or report residents' intake or acceptance of food.
    • Serve between meal and bedtime snacks or nourishments.
    • Attend all mandatory in-services and maintain 12 hours of training each year.
    • Restrain resident in bed or chair as instructed with correct restraint as ordered by a physician.
    • Check on restrained residents every 30 minutes.
    • Release restraint every 2 hours and provide for 10-minute exercises, hygiene and bathroom needs.
    • Keep nurse call system within easy reach and answer call lights within 10 minutes.
    • Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to the nurse immediately.
    • Follow established safety precautions in performance of all duties.
    • Wash hands before and after performing any service for the resident and follow infection control guidelines and universal precautions.
    • Keep wheelchairs, tables, geri chairs, commodes and other resident equipment clean.
    • Follow established isolation precautions and procedures.
    • Review care plans daily to ensure provision of appropriate care.
    • Maintain confidentiality of all resident call information and ensure resident privacy.
    • Treat all residents, family and visitors with kindness, dignity and respect.
    • Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with policy and procedure and instruction of your supervisor
    • Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive regard as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
    • Adhere to all facility and department policies and procedures.
    • Appropriate application and response to personal/door alarms.

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