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About the Role
As an Assisted Living Med Tech, you will be a key member of the Resident Care team, ensuring the day-to-day medication management program for residents is provided accurately, sensitively, professionally, and effectively. You may also perform daily caregiving activities and participate in dining and community programs to ensure the highest quality of care.
Responsibilities
- Distribute prescribed medication to residents and maintain related medical records under supervision.
- Ensure compliance with medication administration rights.
- Present medication to residents and observe ingestion or application.
- Take vital signs and observe residents for medication response, reporting unexpected reactions.
- Document reasons for not administering prescribed medications.
- Review and participate in 24-hour reports, daily logs, and shift crossover reports.
- Monitor medications for accountability during ordering, receiving, administration, and shift changes.
- Respect resident rights regarding medication.
- Notify the Wellness Nurse or Resident Wellness Director of unauthorized resident medications.
- Seek advice from the Wellness Nurse or Resident Wellness Director before administering questionable medications.
- Explain medication dosage/pharmacology when necessary.
- Refrain from giving PRN medications if not permitted by law.
- Complete incident and accident reports and documentation timely.
- Report changes in resident condition immediately.
- Refrain from providing treatments outside of licensing scope.
- Assist residents with personal care and activities of daily living.
- Perform daily housekeeping tasks.
- Respond to resident emergency calls.
- Maintain established infection control practices.
- Report all hazardous conditions and equipment.
- Ensure equipment is cleaned and properly stored.
- Report all accidents and incidents promptly.
- Maintain confidentiality of resident personal care information.
- Honor resident personal and property rights.
- Be in company uniform and resident-ready at all times.
Requirements
- Able to communicate effectively with all levels of management, team members, residents, family members, vendors, referral sources, and outside contacts.
- Able to make independent decisions.
- Able to communicate in a warm, friendly, and caring manner.
- Must possess a passion to work with and around senior citizens.
- Knowledge of customer service principles and practices.
- Able to stand or walk 75% of the day.
- Able to concentrate with frequent interruptions.
- Able to work under stress and in emergency situations.
- Able to work under conditions that require sitting, standing, walking, reaching, pulling, pushing, and grasping.
- Able to talk and hear effectively.
- Occasionally lift/carry up to 50 pounds.
Skills
- Medication management
- Record keeping
- Vital signs monitoring
- Documentation
- Communication
- Customer service
- Caregiving
- Housekeeping
- Infection control
- Emergency response
Location
- Sage Park Austin
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experience as a Resident Caregiver or Med Tech preferred
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED
- License / Certificate for Medication Assistance as required per state regulations
- CPR certification / First Aid certification
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with matching
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-demand pay
About the Company
- A GREAT CAREER starts with a GREAT COMPANY!
- Our associates answer a calling to serve seniors and their families every day.
- We believe in continually investing in these servant hearts; we envision them to be our future servant-centered leaders.
- We’ve achieved GREAT PLACE TO WORK status NINE YEARS IN A ROW.
- We reward our associates’ outstanding work and assist with career development to help fulfill their dreams!
- Faith Driven and Mission-Centered. Our mission “To Welcome, To Care, To Serve” derives from four primary points of view (Purpose, Passion, Platform, and Potential) which inspire our associates to recognize and celebrate one another’s God-given gifts through service.