Medication Aide

Job description

When you work at Cottage Grove Place, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life! We are currently seeking an outstanding Oral Medication Technician (OMT) to join our team in Assisted Living. We are looking to a PRN Medication Aide to join our team! Here are a few of the daily responsibilities: - Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and suppository drugs. The OMT who prepares the medicine administers same. Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding administration. Follows administration protocol: - Checks medication with transcribed or original order. - Checks all information on label or package for accuracy and clarity. - Clearly identifies the resident with proper medication. - Administers scheduled narcotics only. PRN narcotics to be administered by nurse. - 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...