Caregiver

*Welcome* to Gardens Care Senior Living. We are looking for an absolute ROCK STAR to join our team as a Caregiver!

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Schedule
• Professional Development Assistance

Job Description

• Audit MAR before leaving your shift and audit MAR for QMAP leaving. This includes documentation for scheduled meds, documentation for PRN meds and follow-up documentation for PRN meds. If there is any missing documentation discovered from a QMAP who has left, notify them immediately to return and correct. Notify manager on call.
• Audit individual narcotic count sheets.
• Use correct procedure for narcotic count. Both QMAPs witness entire process and packaging checked for tampering. Both QMAPs document that they verified. ALL narcotics are to be counted until destroyed by assigned managers.
• Follow 7 rights and remember that none are more important than the other. Right time, resident, reason, medication, dose, route, documentation. Note: medications that are scheduled with an exact time must be administered within the 1 hour window (half hour before or after). AM, PM, etc. must be within the exact times indicated on time keys.
• Notify the manager on call immediately if a resident refuses any medication. If a resident has refused that medication(s) more than twice within a 3 day period, fill out a medication incident report. Notify physician of all medication refusals and document notification in 24 hour log.
• If a resident refuses any medication, the medication(s) must be offered a total of 3 times with at least 10 minutes between each offer.
• Fill out a “medication error” form for all errors you discover or make yourself. Make all notifications listed at bottom. If a resident is injured or sent out to ER due to the error, a regular incident report must also be filled out.
• Keep all medications, treatments, etc. in cart and not in resident’s rooms unless the physician order specificall...