Resident Assistant, Medication Aide, Long Term Care (LTC)
Sanford Health
Summary
Good Samaritan caregivers provide individualized, person-centered care within the participant’s home in accordance with established care plans, physician orders, medication protocols, and clinical directives.
Job description
Department Details
Good Samaritan caregivers provide individualized, person-centered care within the participant’s home in accordance with established care plans, physician orders, medication protocols, and clinical directives.
Responsibilities include supporting activities of daily living, medication management, nutritional needs, mobility, health and safety monitoring, companionship, meaningful social engagement and coordination with the interdisciplinary care team to promote each participant’s health, dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Summary
Provides care and services such as medication administration, healthcare services, activities of daily living assistance and other duties, as assigned, in a caring, safe and efficient manner and is responsible to perform according to location standards and procedures.
Job Description
Good Samaritan caregivers provide individualized, person-centered care within the participant’s home in accordance with established care plans, physician orders, medication protocols, and clinical directives.
Responsibilities include supporting activities of daily living, medication management, nutritional needs, mobility, health and safety monitoring, companionship, meaningful social engagement, and coordination with the interdisciplinary care team to promote each participant’s health, dignity, independence, and quality of life.
No prior CPR certification or Assistance with Medication certification is required. Good Samaritan will schedule and pay for all required training and certifications as part of employment.
Qualifications
High School Diploma or equivalent preferred. High School Diploma or GED may be required based on working state.
If working at a facility in which a lift is utilized to move residents, must meet the minimum state age requirement.
Must complete and maintain assigned medication administration training program and competencies per state guidelines.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
- High School Diploma or GED may be required based on working state
- Must meet minimum state age requirement if lift is utilized
- Must complete and maintain assigned medication administration training program and competencies per state guidelines
Benefits
- Paid training and certifications
Company overview
Sanford Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in the United States, operating as a nonprofit organization headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Founded in 1894, the organization has grown into a comprehensive health system with 44 medical centers, 482 clinics, and more than 200 senior living facilities across 26 states and nine countries. Sanford Health provides a full spectrum of healthcare services including acute care hospitals, specialty clinics, senior care through the Good Samaritan Society, genomic medicine, global clinics, and the Sanford Health Plan insurance program. The system employs over 48,000 healthcare professionals including 1,400 physicians and delivers care through five Centers of Excellence: Cancer, Children's, Heart, Orthopedics/Sports Medicine, and Women's Health. Annually, Sanford Health handles approximately 5.3 million outpatient visits, 84,000 admissions, and 136,000 surgeries. The organization is also actively involved in medical research and education through partnerships with academic institutions, positioning itself as a regional healthcare leader in the Midwest with expanding international presence.