Part Time Med Tech
Company: Life Care
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description
WHO ARE WE?
Come join our dedicated team at Cypress Village, a wonderful place
to work! Cypress Village is a 120 acre and wooded lakefront
community in Jacksonville close to Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville
beaches and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a
team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who
want to make a positive impacting our residents' lives. These
extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long,
satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at Cypress Village.
Today, Cypress Village is one of twelve retirement communities in
Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading
developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually
strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by
helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve
their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who
work and live at Cypress Village.
YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WILL...
1. Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and
suppository drugs. The medication aide who prepares the medicine
administers same.
2. Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding
administration.
3. Follows administration protocol: a. Checks medication with
transcribed or original order. b. Checks all information on label
or package for accuracy and clarity. c. Clearly identifies the
resident with proper medication.
4. Considers the following when administering a medication. a.
General use of the medication b. Therapeutic action c. Usual dosage
d. Factors modifying dosage and effects e. Precautions and
contraindications f. Antidote, if known g. Route and frequency of
administration h. Signs of deterioration of the medication Checks
with the charge nurse if there are any questions regarding any
medication.
5. Records administration of the medication on resident's
medication administration record. Discards medication refused or
otherwise not given and records on medication administration
record.
6. Reports medication errors or reactions to medications
immediately to the charge nurse, who, in turn, reports to the
resident's attending physician and completes the necessary
documentation.
7. Performs accurate pulse and blood pressure and recognizes their
significance in drug therapy.
8. Administers PRN medication only under the following directives.
a. FOR NON-LEGEND (OTC) DRUGS May be administered without prior
permission b. FOR LEGEND PRN DRUGS CMA informs the charge nurse who
first makes a bedside assessment; documents that assessment on the
clinical record; giving permission of the CMA to administer
medication; or charge nurse administers same. The CMA charts PRN
medication on the medication administration record and in the
nursing notes.
9. Signs and has access to the controlled schedule drug
cabinet.
10. Administers medication only upon a written physician's
orders.
11. Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing,
positioning, turning, toileting and exercising.
12. Gives treatments, perform tests, carryout procedures and
collect specimens as instructed.
13. Reports and records observations and results of treatments,
tests, procedures and specimens when indicated.
14. Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed.
15. Answers signal lights promptly.
16. Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and
orderly.
WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AND SHOW APPRECIATION THROUGH...
--- Scholarships and Educational Assistance Programs, because we
value the development of our team members and promoting from
within.
--- Extraordinary Reward Points, because we value recognizing and
appreciating our employees for their hard work.
--- Our comprehensive benefits, because we value health and
wellness for you and your family.
--- Various Employee-led Committees, because we value employee
engagement and making your voice heard.
--- A Free and Confidential Employee Assistance Program because we
understand that life happens.
--- Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays.
--- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term
Disability, (401)K Retirement
--- Cypress Village has partnered with Daily Pay to give our team
members control over accessing their paycheck on their own
schedule. Ask us about how this benefit supports your financial
wellbeing today!
Part time and Full time positions
Wage $16.00 an hour
If you have any questions about this job posting, please call or
text us at (904) 807-6102.
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