Medication Assistant

Located on the northwestern tip of Long Lake, Nanaimo Memory Care is an 83 bedbeautiful residential complex carecommunity. Offering resident centered care with a specialized focus on our award winning Avenir Alzheimer’s program. Designed to encourage interaction and independence while concentrating on meeting resident’s unique needs by promoting their individuality and enhancing their health and spiritual well being.

This community will be the first stand alone memory careresidence available to seniors living with dementia on Vancouver Island. Residents will benefit from Nanaimo Memory Care’s neighbourhood design concept and secure home-like environment. Alzheimer’s trained licensed professional staff on site 24 hours a day conduct meaningful engagements personalized to each residents preferences. Our residents will enjoy elegantly furnished private and semi private suites with a personal bathroom.

Job Description

Position Summary : The Medication Assistant administers medications as prescribed by the physician, administration, the medication effectiveness, and any noted adverse reactions or side effects.

Essential Job Functions :

• Assist all residents with a high quality of medication administration assistance per individual Care Plan / ISP as directed by physician orders.
• Assist with personal care, including but not limited to bathing, dressing, grooming, shaving, incontinent care, foot care, vital signs, height and weight checks per policy (where applicable).
• Make beds as needed in A.M., turn down as needed in P.M., strip beds once each week or PRN (where applicable).
• Do all personal laundry on resident’s first scheduled shower day (where applicable).
• Do all linens per shift (where applicable).
• Assist residents with meal time, cut food, encourage to eat, feed when needed (where applicable).
• Utilize on an on-going basis each day all aspects of special programs offered in personalized memory care program (where applicable).
• Maintain calm atmosphere at all times.
• Keep kitchen, work station, laundry room, and bathroom and common areas neat and clean.
• Follow through with all assignments on a timely basis in accordance to chain of command.
• Report to Director of Health Services and / or LPN-LVN Care Partner all unusual behavior of resident (changing of status).
• Check station bulletin board per shift for Special Needs Sheet, and any other pertinent information regarding needs, staff programming, etc.
• Provide activities as planned and / or directed (where applicable).
• Document resident status as per policy.
• Respond to all call lights and emergencies in a timely manner.
• Provide emergency care with scope of practice.
• Be familiar with and enforce as appropriate all facility policies.

The Community embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end all employees are expected, as a condition of employment, to practice the following in all interactions with residents, fellow employees, and guests :

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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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