Personal Care - Med Tech - PRN

Job Description

Job Description

Personal Care Med Tech (Med Tech Licensed needed) PRN / TEMP

Come join the Fairmount team in the role of a Resident Assistant working in out Personal Care / Assisted Living ! Join a dynamic team serving the elderly residents as they transition from independent living to assisted living! Be a strong member of the caring team to provide compassionate care that highlights the Fairmount culture!

Current certification to administer medications in PA Personal Care Home (Med Tech) required

Personal Care Resident Assistant / Med Tech Pay :

$20.05 - $21.65 hour, + $1.25 / hr weeken d shift differential

Summary and Purpose :

Core Values : Compassion, Community, Dignity, Integrity and Quality, Teamwork and Trust

Create and support a caring and empathetic working environment

Know and observe all policies and procedures for Personal Care

Follow and support the Fairmount mission vision and values

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Delivers resident care in accordance with the Resident Assessment and Support Plan (RASP) with additional direction from the Charge Nurse / Charge Med Tech or other supervisory personnel.
• Assists residents with their activities of daily living. This includes eating, bathing, incontinence care, oral hygiene, dressing, ambulation, and positioning, while observing safety and sanitary precautions and respecting individual needs and preferences
• Assists residents with telephone use, processing laundry, stockings, and tidying up their room
• Assists with Activities, as needed
• Follows policies and procedures related to resident care
• Assists in the dining room by serving drinks, delivering meals and helping residents with meal choices
• Orders supplies and ensures accurate charging of supplies to resident using electronic charging system
• Follows team member safety policies and procedures
• Performs resident transfers per Fairmount policy
• Reports pertinent information, and / or changes in residents’ conditions promptly to the Charge Nurse.
• Responsible for maintaining safety and sanitation standards throughout the facility and for following all applicable rules and regulations of federal and state regulatory agencies.
• Obtains vital signs, weights, intake and output accurately
• Presents each resident with a neat and clean appearance
• Assists with admission, transfer, discharge and post-mortem care procedures.
• Attends meetings as required
• Follows all quality assurance / infection control standards.
• Accurately documents on the resident’s electronic and paper record
• Adheres to Corporate Compliance Plan.
• Complies with HIPAA Privacy standards.
• Administers medications and completes treatments per physician’s orders following the Pharmacy Policy and Procedure Manu
• Performs other duties as required by facility needs.

Physical and Composure Requirements :

• The physical activities of this position involve : balancing constantly; climbing occasionally; crouching frequently; fine finger movement rarely;
• grasping frequently; kneeling occasionally; lifting frequently (50 pounds); pulling frequently; pushing occasionally; reaching frequently;
• repetitive movement rarely; standing frequently; stooping frequently; walking frequently; sitting frequently. The sensory and communicative activities essential to the performance of this position include hearing, seeing and smelling all activities done daily constantly;

feeling and speaking all activities done daily frequently.

Must have the composure to function calmly and professionally under stressful conditions when confronted with frustrated or angry staff / residents;

emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations.