Medication Aide/Caregiver
Company: Ware Presbyterian Village
Location: Oxford
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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Job Description:
Up to $17 / hour (with experience) - Full Time - Day 7am - 3pm -
Rotating Weekends ($2 / hour Weekend Differential)
The Personal Care Medication Aide/Caregiver is responsible for
distributing medications and treatments to our residents. This
position also performs the general duties and responsibilities of
the household caregiver. The medication aide provides medical and
physical care to the residents of the household to meet their daily
needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level.
This role is the residents' closest advocate in the household. As a
caregiver, this role would promote the resident's psychosocial
well-being through meaningful relationship building and works with
the household team to meet other social service needs of the
resident and the household. In this role, one would provide
support, friendship and kindness for each of the household members.
This role plans and facilitates social activities for residents of
the household which provide meaningful ways to spend time as
recreation, exercise, relationship building and fun.
This role also supports the household homemaker in maintaining a
clean safe household environment and in caring for the residents'
personal laundry.
Qualifications:
Expectations:
Primary Caregiver: Respects the resident's room as home and assists
the resident in feeling in charge of everything that happens
within. Supports residents in self-care and provides care as
necessary for those unable to care for their own needs (grooming,
hygiene, dining and nutritional needs, mobility, elimination,
psychosocial and safety needs). Assists residents in all activities
of daily living and independent activities. Responds to all
resident requests for assistance and/or call bells in the
household. Observes residents closely, identifying changing needs
and conditions at first indication and reports immediately to
household or nursing leadership as appropriate. Communicates and
documents services provided to the resident. Recommends changes in
the appropriate sections of the resident's support/service
plan.
Medication Administration: Accurately and safely prepares,
administers and documents the administration of all medications and
treatments. Continually honors person-centered and
resident-directed care. Ensures that all medications and treatments
are administered in a manner supporting resident direction, choice
and dignity. Observes residents closely for needs, changes in
condition, refusal or reaction to medications and immediately
reports to licensed nursing staff. Performs basic care procedures
to include catheter, temperature, pulse, respiration, blood
pressure, height and weight, specimen collections, colostomy care,
oxygen maintenance, and other special care.
Life Enhancement (Social Service and Activities): Continually seeks
opportunities to meet resident's psychosocial needs through planned
and spontaneous actions. Provides ongoing support, friendship and
kindness to all household members. Plans and organizes social
activities the household which includes making any necessary
arrangements. Leads and participates in learning circles with
residents and staff in the household. Informs residents of
activities. Maintains appropriate documentation in support of
social service and activities functions in the household. Assists
with transportation of residents to outside appointments and
accompanies resident as assigned.
Meals: May assist with mealtimes.
Housekeeping: Maintains clean spaces in the household (resident
rooms, common spaces and equipment). Maintains supply of all
materials required to meet resident needs. Supports all aspects of
the household environment (pets, plants, children, visitors and
guests, facilitating all planned and spontaneous needs and
activities). Coordinates work with the household homemaker to
ensure the housekeeping needs of the household are met.
Laundry: Assists residents as needed to wash, mend, iron, fold and
sort residents' personal laundry. Supports residents in self-care
and provides assistance to ensure residents' personal laundry needs
are met.
Presbyterian Senior Living is a large not-for-profit organization
comprised of a variety of locations, services and levels of care.
Our organization is dedicated to our mission to provide
compassionate, vibrant and supportive communities and services to
promote wholeness of body, mind and spirit.
Keywords: Ware Presbyterian Village, Wilmington , Medication Aide/Caregiver, Healthcare , Oxford, Delaware
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