Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Pharmacy Tech Specialist

Department: In-patient Pharmacy

Location: Trinity Health Ann Arbor

About the Department

The inpatient pharmacy at Trinity Health Ann Arbor is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, servicing inpatients, the emergency department, operating rooms and multiple procedural areas.

Clean room operations are accredited by Joint Commission for adherence to the highest standards of USP 797 and 800.  Trinity Health Ann Arbor is also the lead location for the national Trinity Health Pharmacy Education and Advancement of Technicians (THE-PEAT) training program to educate pharmacy students to become PTCB, licensed Pharmacy Technicians.

Position Purpose

Performs pharmacy supportive functions requiring an advanced level of training and additional levels of responsibility; may focus on team leadership or advanced technical skills. Performs tasks requiring independent judgement, advanced technical skills, and creative problem solving. Demonstrates performance that consistently meets quality assurance standards. The consequences of a compounding or drug selection error, if undetected, could result in serious patient injury. 

Status available: Full-time

Education:

Minimum of six months specialized training beyond high school.

Experience:
Minimum one-year experience at the pharmacy technician level.

Licensure / Certification:

Licensure as a Pharmacy Technician in the State of Michigan is required.

Typical responsibilities:

• Performs all job functions of a Pharmacy Technician II on an as needed basis.  
• Functionally supervises the daily activities of approximately 30 technicians on an as needed basis.  
• Monitors daily work schedule, assigns duties to technicians and revises assignments as needed to adjust to changing work volumes. Consults with the Technician Coordinator when necessary.  
• Proven competency is required before providing services related to compounding. 
• Documents the performance of pharmacy technicians on an ongoing basis and provides input for the preparation of technician performance evaluations.  
• Provides assistance to any member of the pharmacy team when needed, including Technician I and II, purchasing staff and pharmacists.  
• Provides initial aseptic technique intravenous teaching for new technicians, students and interns, including video, practical training, lecture, calculations and readings.  
• Maintains an ongoing testing protocol for intravenous technique by documenting the successful completion of IV testing kit by all technicians on a regular basis.  
• Prepares cytotoxic agents and NICU pharmaceutical products following established departmental, licensing and regulating agency guidelines.  
• Determines, assesses and adjusts technician procedure for efficiently and accurately stocking automated medstations.  
• Participates in monthly meetings with the Technician Coordinator.   Completes additional tasks as assigned by the Technician Coordinator.   Problem solves with Health System personnel to resolve medication distribution issues.  
• Consults with Nursing and Pharmacy management to modify medications and expand automated  medstations throughout the Health System. Determines medstation logistics.  
• Communicates with nursing management to initiate and implement changes in the medication distribution system to provide continuous improvement.   Maintains documentation of controlled substances and disposes of waste for all controlled substances as required by regulatory agencies.  
• Repackages  controlled substance bulk items and miscellaneous pharmaceuticals not commercially available following established departmental policy and procedure.   
• Selects controlled substance orders for delivery to nursing units, records and verifies inventory adjustments and reconciles all internal discrepancies on a daily basis.  
• Collects, compiles and documents quality assurance data / measures and prepares reports for Pharmacy management.  

Total Rewards and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, DAILYPAY
• Benefits effective Day One! No waiting periods.
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions
• Opportunity fo