Independent Living Skills Med Room Support - IRTS

				Overview:

The ILS Med Room Support works as part of an Intensive Residential Treatment Services team that provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for persons served who are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms; who are demonstrating significant functional impairments; and who may have co-occurring disorders. This position will partner with the nurse by assisting with Med Room tasks.

Responsibilities:

* Provides assistance to person(s) served in order to promote their physical, social, and psychological well-being.
* Interacts frequently and positively with person(s) served and support staff to promote the rights of the person(s) served to achieve an enhanced quality of life.
* Assist Nursing team as well as other team members with providing care in accordance with their treatment plans.
* Follow agency procedures to promote optimum health care, safety practice and behavioral supports to maintain the well-being of person(s) served.
* Administrative duties (scanning, faxing, organizing).
* Transport person served as needed.
* Provide group and individual services for person served.
* Teach person served independent living skills.
* Develop and maintain a cooperative working relationship with teams and outside providers.
* Provide the necessary financial management for the day-to-day operations of the program using established practices and procedures regarding the operations use of agency funds.
* Ensure compliance with training, licensing regulations and company policies and procedures.
* Partnering with the nurse regarding medication administration and monitoring and ensuring required documentation is complete.
* Maintain clean and safe work environment.
* Manages the day-to-day therapeutic environment including the prevention of crisis at the lowest level of escalation.
* Develops and participates in community and in-house recreational and leisure activities.
* Completes all documentation as required to ensure quality services.
* Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Independent Living Skills Med Room Support Requirements:

* GED or High School Diploma with 2,000 supervised hours in the delivery of services to adults with serious mental illness
* Bachelor's degree preferred in one of the behavioral sciences or related fields from an accredited college or university
* Moderate travel
			

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