Medication Reconciliation Pharmacy Technician

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

JOB SUMMARY:
Beth Israel Lahey Health and Mount Auburn Hospital are devoted to consistently promoting a culture of Wellbeing, Empathy, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Equity as outlined in our organization's WE CARE values which can be reviewed here.

The Medication Reconciliation Technician plays an integral role in helping to prevent patient medication errors caused by inaccurate or incomplete information in the medical record. Under the supervision of a pharmacist, and according to departmental policies, procedures and guidelines, the Medication Reconciliation Technician will assist the healthcare team in obtaining an accurate medication history by interviewing patients and consulting with their outpatient pharmacies.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES (including but not limited to):
• Obtains medication histories on all assigned patients during scheduled shifts.
• Performs patient and/or caregiver interviews to obtain dose and frequency of current medications including prescriptions, over-the-counter medications and herbal supplements.
• Calls outpatient pharmacies or other healthcare facilities to confirm medication regimens or investigate discrepancies when necessary.
• Updates patients current home medication list in the electronic health record based on information gathered.
• Communicates medication related issues to all appropriate heath care professionals.


QUALIFICATIONS:
• MA Registered Pharmacy Technician with National Certification (PTCB).
• PTCB Medication History Certificate strongly preferred.
• 1-3 years related work experience strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of brand and generic drug names and basic pharmacology.
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.
• Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
��� Consistently promote a culture of Wellbeing, Empathy, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, and Equity as outlined in the organization's WE CARE values.
• Demonstrated commitment and actions to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment

Job Description:

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Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1.    Refills Pyxis Medstations with unit dosages from medication profiles and delivers meds to patient units or Pyxis Medstations.    
2.    Ensures all medications, admixtures, or other dispensed products from the pharmacy are properly labeled and checked before delivery.     
3.    Performs inventory maintenance upon refill as required (e.g. Pyxis Medstation inventory check, expiration date checks, quality assurance, routine Talyst inventory and expiration date checks, etc.)  
4.    Performs routinely scheduled rounds to nursing units to deliver and pick up medications in a timely and accurate manner.    
5.    Performs inspection of medication rooms to ensure general cleanliness and identify any issues that need to be resolved including Pyxis maintenance and refrigerator temperature excursions.    
6.    Assists with receiving daily orders from the wholesaler and other vendors and communicates any issues to the Pharmacy Supply Chain Specialist.    
7.    Compounds bulk stock solutions and other non-sterile mixtures.    
8.    Pre-packages bulk medications and bulk liquids into unit-dose packaging for dispensing to patients or refilling Pyxis Medstations.    
9.    Ensures all pharmacy-managed medication trays and kits are appropriately filled and expiration dates are checked for easy exchange.    
10.    Ensures the proper handling of hazardous medications and products including receiving, labeling, packaging, transport and delivery by following proper policies and procedures.    
11.    Performs calculations for dosage volumes, unit conversions, admixture volumes, and other required calculations for the preparation and validation of all sterile and non-sterile compounding.    
12.    Prepares stock solutions and other extemporaneous compounding of non-sterile hazardous medications by following proper policies and procedures.     
13.    Prepares the clean room and sterile products areas for daily use by