About Mega Touch Concepts
Mega Touch Concepts provides 24-hour therapeutic residential services to adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs. Our program emphasizes trauma-informed care, safety, individualized treatment planning, medication management, life-skills development, and family involvement.
Position Summary
The
Associate Professional–Medication Technician (AP–Med Tech) provides therapeutic support, medication administration, documentation, crisis intervention, and daily supervision within a Level III residential setting.
The AP–Med Tech works under the supervision of the Qualified Professional and collaborates with clinical, nursing, administrative, and direct-care staff. The successful candidate must demonstrate dependability, initiative, professional judgment, effective communication, and consistent follow-through with assigned responsibilities.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide therapeutic supervision and support to adolescent residents.
- Implement interventions and strategies identified in each resident’s Person-Centered Plan.
- Assist residents with coping skills, emotional regulation, conflict resolution, daily routines, hygiene, chores, and life skills.
- Facilitate structured groups, recreational activities, and therapeutic programming.
- Support school participation, medical appointments, community outings, and transportation needs.
- Use trauma-informed, person-centered, and strength-based approaches.
- Assist with verbal de-escalation, crisis prevention, and behavioral interventions.
- Maintain professional boundaries and protect resident rights and confidentiality.
- Participate in staff meetings, supervision, treatment-team meetings, Child and Family Team meetings, and required training.
- Complete progress notes, shift summaries, incident reports, medication records, and other required documentation accurately and on time.
- Immediately report safety concerns, allegations, injuries, medication issues, behavioral incidents, and significant changes in a resident’s condition.
- Review shift communications and provide complete information during shift changes.
- Follow all agency policies, treatment requirements, and applicable regulatory standards.
Medication Technician Duties
- Administer medications only after completing required medication-administration training and competency verification.
- Review medication orders and the Medication Administration Record before administering medications.
- Follow medication-administration rights and agency procedures.
- Document medication administration accurately and immediately.
- Report medication refusals, missed doses, errors, adverse reactions, discrepancies, and concerns.
- Retrieve medication deliveries promptly and ensure medications are properly received, documented, counted, and secured.
- Maintain locked medication-storage areas and prevent unauthorized access.
- Complete medication counts and shift-to-shift reconciliation when required.
- Monitor medication quantities and notify the appropriate staff before refills are needed.
- Communicate medication concerns to the nurse, Qualified Professional, prescribing provider, pharmacy, and management.
- Participate in medication audits, training, and corrective-action activities.
- Never alter, discontinue, withhold, or administer medication outside the authorized order or scope of training.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a human-services or related field and qualifications necessary to meet applicable Associate Professional requirements.
- Successful completion of approved medication-administration training before independently administering medications.
- Ability to demonstrate medication competency and complete required refresher training.
- Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
- Ability to safely transport residents when assigned.
- Successful completion of required background checks, healthcare-registry checks, drug screening, references, and other preemployment requirements.
- Current tuberculosis screening and required health documentation.
- CPR and First Aid certification or ability to obtain certification before independent duty.
- Crisis-prevention and verbal de-escalation certification or willingness to complete agency-approved training.
- Strong written, verbal, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Ability to remain calm and professional during stressful or emergency situations.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, overnight shifts, and emergencies when scheduled.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a Level II or Level III residential program, group home, psychiatric residential program, day treatment, or community mental-health setting.
- Previous medication-administration experience.
- Knowledge of trauma-informed care, adolescent development, crisis intervention, and behavioral health.
- Experience completing clinical documentation, progress notes, incident reports, and medication records.
- Familiarity with electronic Medication Administration Record systems.
Work Schedule and Compensation
- Eight-hour or twelve-hour shifts based on facility needs
- Evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday availability may be required
- On-call responsibilities may be assigned
- Competitive compensation based on education and experience
- Paid orientation and required training
Opportunities for professional development, advancement, and additional shifts