Independent Living Skills Med Room Support - Elk River - $2500 SIGN ON

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The ILS Med Room Support works as part of an Intensive Residential Treatment Services team that provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for persons served who are experiencing significant mental health / psychiatric symptoms; who are demonstrating significant functional impairments; and who may have co-occurring disorders. This position will partner with the nurse by assisting with Med Room tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance to person(s) served in order to promote their physical, social, and psychological well-being.
• Interacts frequently and positively with person(s) served and support staff to promote the rights of the person(s) served to achieve an enhanced quality of life.
• Assist Nursing team as well as other team members with providing care in accordance with their treatment plans.
• Follow agency procedures to promote optimum health care, safety practice and behavioral supports to maintain the well-being of person(s) served.
• Administrative duties (scanning, faxing, organizing).
• Transport person served as needed.
• Provide group and individual services for person served.
• Teach person served independent living skills.
• Develop and maintain a cooperative working relationship with teams and outside providers.
• Provide the necessary financial management for the day-to-day operations of the program using established practices and procedures regarding the operations use of agency funds.
• Ensure compliance with training, licensing regulations and company policies and procedures.
• Partnering with the nurse regarding medication administration and monitoring and ensuring required documentation is complete.
• Maintain clean and safe work environment.
• Manages the day-to-day therapeutic environment including the prevention of crisis at the lowest level of escalation.
• Develops and participates in community and in-house recreational and leisure activities.
• Completes all documentation as required to ensure quality services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Independent Living Skills Med Room Support Requirements :