Medication Manager

SUMMARY

Plans, organizes, directs, and coordinates delivery of medicine and medical services to residents as described in the residents’ approved treatment plan, assuring that services and documentation are provided in a timely manner in compliance with regulatory and facility policies for the Assisted/Independent Living community. Serves as the Assistant Administrator; other functions may be assigned as regulatory, medical, business, or personnel conditions change.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Demonstrates effective leadership by planning, organizing, delegating, and coordinating a team-oriented workforce for delivery of medication and other medical services through Medication Aides and Nurses.

2. Supervises delivery of resident care provided by licensed and non-licensed nursing personnel while maintaining, or exceeding, company standards.

3. Ensures compliance with professional, ethical, and regulatory standards for medication in an assisted living or independent living facility.

4. Over-sees the ordering of medication, charts residents’ medication needs, inspects medication carts for expired medication, and verifies that medication has been properly dispensed by all delegated staff.

5. Ensures that medications are properly stored, medication carts/cupboards are cleaned, and medication room is organized according to standards.

6. Provides scheduling and supervision of Medication Aides in accordance with program requirements; establishing effective relationships with other Lodge employees to provide high quality resident care while fostering inter-departmental cooperation.

7. Provide employees with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems and in resolving escalated complaints or disputes.

8. Observe residents’ health status. Takes actions to address concerns within scope of practice and reports all significant changes, reactions to medications and treatment or significant incidents to Home Health or Hospice and/or attending physician immediately.

9. Regularly reviews capabilities of resident who self-administers medications.

10. Conducts pre-admission screening of prospective new residents when assigned by the Administrator and updates every (6) months or as needed.

11. Performs ongoing assessments of residents’ physical and psycho-social needs and coordinates with nurse to assure quality proactive care.

12. Observes residents, records significant reactions, and notifies Administrator, physician, healthcare professionals, and pharmacist of resident’s condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.

13. Verifies that all required medication records and reports are prepared, maintained, and submitted in a compliant and timely manner.

14. Monitors staff in administration of medication, to include frequent audits of medication sheets.

15. Discusses resident care-plans, assessments, and changes with family members, doctors, nurses, and staff.

16. Contacts the residents’ family when a change in services is needed; leads and participates in resident/family conferences when reviewing changes in services.

17. Ensures that in-house ancillary medical services such as podiatrists, doctor visits, psych visits, labs, x-ray, ambulance, etc. are scheduled and followed through.

18. Adheres to and enforces safety rules in the area of responsibility, taking corrective action when necessary.

19. Monitors and implements treatment plans in compliance with doctors’ orders, facility policies, and the HIPAA Act.

20. Oversees the recruitment, selection, orientation, training, evaluation, discipline, and retention of assigned employees, primarily Medication Aides.

21. Take a part of the “on-call” rotation.

22. Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions; employees are expected to: (a) Get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes; (b) Perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) Respond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor or manager.

23. Performs other duties as assigned.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

1. High school graduation or General Equivalency Diploma (GED)

2. Two or more years of medication experience in assisted living and/or independent living

3. Demonstrated knowledge of the ability to plan, organize, direct, and administer a staff

4. Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills

5. Computer literate; with a working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and the ability to navigate the Internet

6. Be free of communicable disease and in suitable physical and emotional health to safely administer medications

7. Have the ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language; bi-lingual language skills are a plus

8. Have oral and written communication skills with positive interpersonal and customer service aptitude

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

1. Requires the ability to talk and hear on a regular basis

2. Requires close vision, color perception, and eye focus

3. Requires occasional lifting/carrying of up to 50 lbs

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: In person