• 6-hour Med Tech training

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Med Techs provide routine assistance care in a manner conducive to the comfort and safety of residents in accordance with Federal, State, and local regulations, and are delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties by the LPN Charge Nurse, Assisted Living Administrator, or other assigned supervisory personnel to assure that the highest degree of quality resident care can be maintained at all times.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB

The following job functions have been determined to be essential to the position of a Med Tech. Because of fluctuations in workload demands, as well as tasks often overlapping, frequency ranges and percentages vary by assignment, day of week, day, evening, or night shift, etc. However, low frequency and percentage or duration of time spent on a particular task may not indicate lack of importance. Spring Haven Senior Living reserves the right to modify this list of essential and other functions as deemed necessary.

• A licensed staff member can take a medication change order by telephone. Unlicensed personnel cannot, although they may implement a change once written documentation is received by the health care provider or pharmacist.
• Maintenance of accurate and timely documentation of all medications ordered by the health care provider on a monthly medication observation record.
• Spring Haven Senior Living must make every reasonable effort to ensure that prescriptions for residents who receive assistance with self-administration of medication are refilled in a timely manner. If a delay is noted with medication delivery subsequent to availability of responsible party/mail order time frames, etc.; A 7-day emergency supply will be ordered from the preferred pharmacy provider and the cost of the necessary medication will be allocated to the responsible party that was responsible for the delay. This measure will be implemented to prevent a negative outcome for the resident and will certainly be communicated to the responsible party in a timely manner
• Maintain all residents’ rights and 5 medication rights with all medication management intervention
• Supervise with self administration of medications as ordered by health care provider
• As an essential function of the job, Med Techs are regularly called on to effectively report emergencies such as residents’/patient’s condition changes, as well as accidents and incidents, complaints and grievances by residents/patients and their families, etc. It is determined that Med Techs have the ability to communicate with others and do not pose a direct threat to the safety or health of self or others.

EDUCATION REQUIRED

In the interest of residents/patients, Med Techs will have the preferred minimum educational background of having a high school diploma or GED equivalency.

CERTIFICATION

Applicants and employees will have successfully completed an approved Med Tech training course and be certified in this state.

EXPERIENCE

Med Techs will have six months’ experience working in a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, or other health care facility.