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Responsible for the storage, distribution, and discontinuation of residents' medications, including keeping proper care records and reporting any changes in residents’ health conditions.Assisting the resident to reach and maintain the highest level of functioning in a manner consistent with the mission of HAND Senior Living.\nEssential Functions and Work Duties: \nThe following essential functions of this position are performed personally, in cooperation with the supervisor, and/or in coordination with other staff. Additional work functions and duties may be assigned.\nResident Wellness Care:Deliver quality resident care complying with HAND Senior Living’s mission statement, HAND Senior Living’s philosophy of care and state licensing regulations.\nPass medications as prescribed by the resident’s physician, ensuring that medication is actually taken when given.\nReceive any medications from the pharmacy, follow up on physician communications that have not had a response, audit MAR for transcription discrepancies and that all medication directions are exactly as indicated on the label and MAR. Ensure that all MARSs are signed for all medications given. Ensure that any PRN medications given are signed for on the back of the MAR and that effectiveness has been determined.\nAudit medication cart for expired medications, meds that need to be ordered and organize cart for next shift.\nCount narcotic medication with outgoing and oncoming shift med tech and give report. \nRespond to resident pendants and call lights in a timely manner.\nCheck on residents who require two hour checks and complete documentation.\nAssist residents who require assistance with getting up for meals, and/or who require escorts to and from the dining room.\nProvide assistance with ADL's, bathing, dressing/undressing, grooming, personal hygiene, incontinence care, etc. as needed, complete and sign off on all ADL sheets as necessary.\nDemonstrate knowledge of disease affecting residents.\nInfection control.\nAttend required in-service training pertaining to resident care and safety.\nResident and Family Relations:Promote positive image of HAND Senior Living by treating residents, family, visitors, vendors, etc., in a respectful manner.\nAddress the resident by Mr., Mrs., Dr., etc., unless otherwise specified by the resident.\nDemonstrate politeness, courtesy, and discretion at all times.\nMaintain a positive attitude, support peers and supervisor.\nResident Activities:Support Hand Senior Living activities program promoting independence, dignity, and autonomy.\nAssist Hand Senior Living’s Activity Coordinator as requested.\nDirect individual and group activities as requested.\nBehavior Management:Offer consistent reassurance and positive reinforcements managing difficult behaviors.\nInvolving environment, tasks, communication.\nInvolving physical and emotional health, angry agitated behavior.\nAssist with bathing, incontinence, dressing, eating, and sleeping.\nDemonstrate knowledge of pharmacology and related side effects.\nReport conditions to supervisor.\nCommunication:Communicate effectively with residents, staff, visitors, etc. in a courteous and pleasant manner.\nCommunicate in a pleasant and courteous manner at all times.\nMaintain patience, tact and emotional maturity when communicating with residents and family members.\nTreat residents with consideration and dignity.\nDemonstrate understanding of communication problems related to disabilities associated with stroke, dementia, or deafness.\nResident Rights:Have full knowledge and understanding of resident rights.\nReport any suspected elder abuse (physical, mental, emotional, sexual, verbal or fiduciary) to Department of Aging Services. Report to supervisor/Administrator immediately.\nPromote residents' rights, dignity, autonomy, and independence.\nConfidentiality:Keep all information confidential concerning Hand Senior Living residents, family members and staff consistent with HIPAA regulations.\nMaintain confidentiality of residents, both verbal and printed form.\nRefrain from discussing resident issues.\nComply with HIPAA regulations at all times.\nSafety:Promote a safe and secure environment while maintaining independence, autonomy, and dignity of the residents.\nRemove residents from any unsafe situations immediately.\nReport safety issues: frayed electrical wiring, loose carpeting, broken equipment, or any unsafe condition to supervisor.\nComplete work order for the Maintenance director.\nUse appropriate body mechanics when lifting, moving, and/or transferring residents.\nObtain assistance from other staff as necessary.\nUse appropriate safety equipment when needed.\nFood Services, Housekeeping and Laundry: Provide quality services in all aspects of a resident’s life.\nAssist kitchen staff taking food orders, serving residents, aid in opening small packages, pouring beverages, cutting meats, etc., as needed.\nMake beds, “tidy up” rooms, bathroom, and spot-clean carpets.\nAssist with resident laundry, including gathering, sorting, washing, drying, folding clothing and other linen items (i.e., bedding, towels, etc.) and returning laundered items to the resident’s unit.\nClean/mop spills immediately.\nMaintain clean working stations.\nTeamwork:Demonstrate willingness to assist staff members in other departments.\nRespond to requests for assistance in a positive and timely manner.\nProvide quality service in non-health care areas.\nParticipate in weekly Care Team meeting.\nImplement specific procedures and programs; insure confidentiality of all information.\nCooperate with, participate in, and support the adherence to all internal policies, procedures, and practices in support of risk management and overall safety and soundness.\nOther Functions and Work Duties:\nPerform other duties as from time to time may be determined necessary for the well-being of the total operation.\nCoordinate specific work tasks with other personnel within the department as well as with other departments in order to ensure the smooth and accurate flow of work and information.\nPerform tasks which are supportive in nature to the essential functions of the job, but which may be altered or re-designed upon individual circumstances.\nQualifications and Skills Required: \nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or abilityrequired. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\nEducation and/or Experience \nMust be eighteen (18) years of age or older and have a High School Diploma or equivalent.\nMust have current First Aid and/or CPR Training or be able to obtain within thirty (30) days of employment.\nMust possess valid Medication Technician certification, or have the ability to obtain certification within 90 of employment.\nMinimum of one (1) year experience providing care to seniors.\nCertified Nursing Assistant or Residential Assistant Training preferred.\nMust have reliable transportation.\nMust be able to obtain a Sheriffs Work Card\nOther Skills and Abilities\nAbility to read, write and speak in English.\nMust meet health assessment requirements and be able to perform each of the essential position function.\nA sincere interest and desire to work with a geriatric population.\nDemonstrate knowledge of geriatric care: dentures, nails, hearing aides, bathing, dressing/undressing, grooming, incontinence/perennial care, ambulation, signs of sudden illness, pharmacology/side effect.\nHave motivation and the ability to work with a team; ability to motivate people; ability to effectively communicate with staff, residents, families, ability to work varied hours.\nPhysical Requirements:\nBody agility is important: maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching.\nStanding and walking is required for the majority of time spent in the assisted living community (6-8 hours). Standing in one position is required while performing certain aspects of resident care. \nStooping - frequently bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist, requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.\nKneeling - frequently bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee(s). \nOccasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch to provide resident care.\nReaching - frequently extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.\nTwisting: frequent twisting at the waist is required when bathing patients and performing other procedures.\nLifting: must be able to support at least 75 pounds to reposition, transfer, and ambulate residents safely.\nPushing/pulling: 70-100 pounds is required when transporting residents in wheelchairs, or when pushing med cart. \nHandling - frequently seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands.\nFine Motor Skills: ability to grasp objects such as a pen to prepare handwritten reports and tablet.\nSpecific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.\nThe worker may potentially be exposed to infectious diseases.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9355,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-04T00:31:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.697,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":28,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["conf:0","win:late","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-15T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/nevada-hand-medication-technician","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/nevada-hand-medication-technician.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-16T00:20:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":558,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2259855},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2259855"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fnevada-hand-medication-technician"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fnevada-hand-medication-technician"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fnevada-hand-medication-technician"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/nevada-hand-medication-technician\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fnevada-hand-medication-technician"}]}