Treatment Assistant TA and Transportation/Rehab Aide
Job description:
- The Treatment Assistant/Rehab Aide will provide transportation to incoming residents or other transportation as authorized by the Clinical Director.
- Other responsibilities may be monitoring medication administration, assessing conflict situations with residents, providing medication, and contacting supervisors as needed.
- The Treatment Assistant will follow policies and procedures, all rules and instructions regarding the therapeutic milieu and routines.
- This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.
- The employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by his/her supervisor.
Essential Job Functions:
- Check in with prior staff for any resident report and receive any added assignments.
- Supervise resident AM/PM care (medication disbursement, medication intake and medication recording (MAR).
- Maintain resident’s schedule for shift.
- Asleep until 5:30 a.m.
- Awaken by 7:00 a.m.
- By 7:30 a.m. breakfast is to be made and available for service for residents.
- Observe and assure adherence to all house rules.
- Assist with urine drug screen when directed to do so. Assist with paperwork of urine tests.
- Complete room searches when requested by Clinical Director.
- Report any resident needs or requests to oncoming shift staff.
- Reorient residents to their responsibilities when necessary.
- Maintain a professional relationship with residents.
- Report any disruptive behavior or violations that occur during your shift in the daily log.
- Communicate any concerns to oncoming staff your fellow staff members is a vital part of this position.
- Room checks are to be done every 2 hours unless there is reason to believe that they need to be done more often.
- No resident is to be outside past 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and 11:00 p.m. on weekends.
- No resident is to be outside until 5:30 a.m. (Allowed outside between 5:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.).
- The TA person is never to leave the property during working hours unless there is someone to oversee his/her responsibilities.
- In the case of a medical emergency 911 is to be called. Staff are to oversee the assistance to the resident until such time as the EMT is in control of the situation.
- Other residents are never allowed to leave the premises with the afflicted resident. TA is to ensure this policy.
- Follow State of Montana and Recovery Center of Montana policies, procedures, and guidelines as they apply to services provided.
- Participate in training required by Recovery Centers of Montana.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Attendance Requirements:
- Treatment Assistants will be expected to have flexible hours that meet client scheduling needs.
- The scheduling of staff meetings and training meetings may necessitate variations in schedules.
- Permanent changes in an employee’s work schedule will be provided to the employee in writing with an explanation why the change was made.
- Scheduling is the responsibility of the employer and will be based on the needs of the people served by the agency.
