Trained Medication Aid/Nursing Assistant/Medical Assistant - Part-Time/Full-Time

At RS EDEN, our mission is to create thriving, just communities where healing occurs, and new beginnings are possible. Our values are Compassion, Innovation, Community, Hope, Respect and Inclusion, Accountability and Integrity, and Safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages the administrative tasks required for daily operations in a fast-paced environment, offering the highest level of professionalism and respect while ensuring all participants, staff and guests are offered a warm and welcoming entry point for health services.
• Acts as the first point of contact for the program, the organization, and with all other partnering or potential community providers
• Coordinates patient care, including scheduling appointments, pharmacy orders, transcription and documenting within electronic medical records
• Assists with tasks as needed or directed that will ensure smooth and efficient operation of the health services division, including completion of paperwork, facilitating communication needs and alerts with nursing staff, and maintenance of inventory and records.
• Cultivates and promotes exceptional consumer experience through a commitment to mission-driven customer service
• Maintains accountability to program expectations, working with participants and staff to ensure all stakeholders on sites are safe and comfortable, and adhering to program rules and regulations.
• Monitor site activities including participant and guest movements while ensuring the facility adheres to site safety and emergency regulations.
• When necessary and appropriate, works with participants to communicate the need for accountability to violations of program expectations and with staff to determine next steps in accountability process.
• Facilitate a positive atmosphere that promotes participant and community wellbeing, while maintaining security, safety, and sanitation of the facility or section of the facility as assigned in accordance with all relevant policies and regulations. This includes conducting rounds of the facility on a regular basis.
• As needed, conducts intakes for new participants in a welcoming and respectful manner, including obtaining background information, explanation of program rules and expectations, and orientation of the facility.
• As needed and assigned, assists with client self-medication tasks according to all protocol and relevant trainings, including any necessary follow-up communication to ensure consistent and coordinated care.
• Exercises a high degree of overall skill related to communication and follow-through with both clients and staff, including maintenance of daily logs, bed check sheets, incident reports, appropriate telephone contacts, and any other necessary or additive record keeping.
• Performs person-centered searches of facility, participant and/or participant belongings as necessary, assigned or scheduled, maintaining the highest degree of professional standards during and following each search.
• Maintains ethical practices in relating with participants (PREA compliance), staff, outside individuals, and other community agencies or stakeholders. This includes maintaining client confidentiality in communication of all forms, with other persons and/or via electronic information sharing or social media.
• Act as a primary contact for participants and as guides between the participant and other staff, working to balance the needs of the participant with the availability of clinical staff and immediately available resources.
• Assists food service staff in maintaining a clean food service area, ordering supplies, preparing bag lunches or snacks, and supervising meals whenever needed or assigned.
• Facilitate the collection of urinalysis (same sex participants) and perform random breath analysis with participants as part of an accountability or supervisory effort, doing so with dignity and respect for the client.
• Issues warrants in compliance with contracting agency directives and collaboration with supervising staff.
• Participates in staff meetings, in-service training, outside training events, and additional training as necessary and appropriate to maintain growth and development in role and as part of larger team.
• Assists in orienting new participants and staff or interns and provide ongoing guidance to other staff as needed.
• Help maintain the common areas such as stripping bedding, replacing garbage, sanitizing surfaces, and remaking beds.

Pay ranges from $21-$25 per hour 

This role offers a $2 shift differential for overnight shifts!

Primarily hiring: 2nd shift with weekend availability 

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

Required: