Medication Assistant, Assisted Living
Gardens at Ocotillo Senior Living
Chandler, Arizona
CNA · Memory Care · Geriatrics
Posted Jun 25
- Shift
- Nights
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- Assisted Living
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Nights · 40 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Floating required
- Setting
- Long Term Care
- Accepts
- CNA
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Arizona is $38/hr, across 276 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Full-Time NOC 10:30 PM - 6:30 AM. Main responsibilities include maintaining, ordering, and assisting residents with medication needs, transcribing and documenting in the Medication Assistance Record, assisting residents in AL and potentially Memory Care with activities of daily living, taking vital signs, first aid, wound care, and communication with outside health care professionals as necessary, transporting residents within the community, and responding to emergency calls, resident and/or visitor requests, and environmental hazards in a timely, appropriate, and safe manner.
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent
- All state educational requirements for the position must be met
- CPR certification preferred
- Experience working with an elderly population is preferred
- CPR Certification
- Working with individuals with dementia
- Vital signs
- Caregiving documentation requirements
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Holiday pay
Place
- City
- Chandler, Arizona
- Rent against this pay
- 55% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $108,095/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
$1,902 median rent against $3,467 a month at $20/hr for 40 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Chandler area index 103.3, where 100 is the national average.
Chandler, Arizona blends Sonoran Desert sunsets with a relaxed suburban sprawl in the Phoenix metro. A strong healthcare corridor around the Chandler Regional Medical Center anchors the city, while the walkable downtown offers local breweries and farmers markets. It's a sun-filled, family-friendly community for an out-of-state RN seeking year-round warmth and a steady nursing job market.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Gardens at Ocotillo Senior Living is a senior living community located in Chandler, Arizona (85248), operated by Spectrum Retirement. The community offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care, serving seniors with varying levels of care needs. The organization positions…
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