Med Tech

$17.50

Part-Time- Every other weekend shifts

Med tech Certificate Required.

WHO ARE WE?

Come join our dedicated team at Cypress Village, a wonderful place to work! Cypress Village is a 120 acre and wooded lakefront community in Jacksonville close to Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville beaches and is one of Florida’s best kept secrets! You’ll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impacting our residents’ lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at Cypress Village. Today, Cypress Village is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation’s leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at Cypress Village.

YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE YOU WILL…

1. Safely prepares, administers, and charts oral, topical, and suppository drugs. The medication aide who prepares the medicine administers same.

2. Checks and prepares each dose immediately preceding administration.

3. Follows administration protocol: a. Checks medication with transcribed or original order. b. Checks all information on label or package for accuracy and clarity. c. Clearly identifies the resident with proper medication.

4. Considers the following when administering a medication. a. General use of the medication b. Therapeutic action c. Usual dosage d. Factors modifying dosage and effects e. Precautions and contraindications f. Antidote, if known g. Route and frequency of administration h. Signs of deterioration of the medication Checks with the charge nurse if there are any questions regarding any medication.

5. Records administration of the medication on resident’s medication administration record. Discards medication refused or otherwise not given and records on medication administration record.

6. Reports medication errors or reactions to medications immediately to the charge nurse, who, in turn, reports to the resident’s attending physician and completes the necessary documentation.

7. Performs accurate pulse and blood pressure and recognizes their significance in drug therapy.

8. Administers PRN medication only under the following directives. a. FOR NON-LEGEND (OTC) DRUGS May be administered without prior permission b. FOR LEGEND PRN DRUGS CMA informs the charge nurse who first makes a bedside assessment; documents that assessment on the clinical record; giving permission of the CMA to administer medication; or charge nurse administers same. The CMA charts PRN medication on the medication administration record and in the nursing notes.

9. Signs and has access to the controlled schedule drug cabinet.

10. Administers medication only upon a written physician’s orders.

11. Assists residents with dressing, grooming, eating, bathing, positioning, turning, toileting and exercising.

12. Gives treatments, perform tests, carryout procedures and collect specimens as instructed.

13. Reports and records observations and results of treatments, tests, procedures and specimens when indicated.

14. Transfers, transports and escorts residents as needed.

15. Answers signal lights promptly.

16. Changes bed linens, makes beds and keeps rooms clean and orderly.

WE VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AND SHOW APPRECIATION THROUGH…

· Scholarships and Educational Assistance Programs, because we value the development of our team members and promoting from within.

· Extraordinary Reward Points, because we value recognizing and appreciating our employees for their hard work.

· Our comprehensive benefits, because we value health and wellness for you and your family.

· Various Employee-led Committees, because we value employee engagement and making your voice heard.

· A Free and Confidential Employee Assistance Program because we understand that life happens.

· Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays.

· Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, (401)K Retirement

· Cypress Village has partnered with Daily Pay to give our team members control over accessing their paycheck on their own schedule. Ask us about how this benefit supports your financial wellbeing today!

Part time positions: 

Wage $16.00 an hour

Med Tech certificate required

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