Certified Medication Technician

Join Diversicare's Dynamic Team as a Certified Med Aide/Tech! At Diversicare, we value our dedicated team members and their crucial role in our success. As a Certified Med Aide/Tech! your outstanding patient care skills are highly sought after.

About Diversicare

Why Choose Diversicare?

• Be part of a team committed to enhancing lives through exceptional healthcare, guided by our Core Values and Service Standards.
• Join Us in Making a Difference!

Responsibilities

• Work under the supervision of a licensed vocational nurse or a registered professional nurse to perform the following duties: After authorization by the facility’s licensed nurse or the resident’s treating physician, administers PRN medications.
• Organizes assigned medication duties to pour, pass, and document all routine prescribed medications and to give PRN medication only upon the instruction of the licensed nurse.
• Must document all PRN’s according to State Standards in all areas of the chart.
• Observe and report to the facility’s charge licensed nurse reactions and side effects of medication commonly administered to nursing facility’s residents.
• Take and record vital signs prior to administration of medications which could affect or change the vital signs.
• Administer and document regularly prescribed medications which the medication aide is permitted to administer only after personally preparing (setting up) of those medications to be administered.
• Document the medications given in the resident’s clinical record.
• Administer oxygen per nasal channel or a non-sealing face mask only in an emergency.
• Immediately after the emergency, the medication aide shall verbally notify the licensed nurse on duty or on call and appropriately document the activity and notification.
• At discretion of charge nurse, count narcotics, give all routine prescribed narcotics, and document same on individual sheet and medication sheet.

Requirements

• Must have successfully completed state approved school of medication administration.
• Must carry current acknowledgment card or certification issued by state agency.
• Must be willing to abide by restrictions placed on his/her job by state agency.
• Must be a certified nursing assistant.
• (EOE)

Benefits

• Unlock opportunities for advancement through cross-training and shadowing in diverse departments like Medication Tech, Workforce Manager, Activities and beyond!
• Enjoy top-tier wages, with daily wage access and a comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision, 401(k), vacation, and tuition reimbursement.