Senior Pharmacy Technician - Infectious Diseases

Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Assists pharmacists with daily pharmacy operations in a supportive role, under the pharmacists direct supervision and performs advanced duties including assisting with training of new staff and expanded quality assurance and reporting duties including assisting with some of the dispensing and managing of drug studies.

Job Description

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares and compounds sterile parenteral products including cytotoxic and hazardous medications using proper aseptic technique, assuring continuous quality control during medication preparation. Performs required calculations and verification of doses.
• Assists with accurate order processing, preparation, labelling and dispensing of patient take-home and oral medications; Includes timely delivery of study medications to nursing staff and patients.
• Assists pharmacists with study Site Initiation Visits (SIV), Interim Monitor Visits and study audits. Assembles materials needed by pharmacist for visits and audits, including reviewed order sets, copies of sponsor materials, copies of Log Sheets, Compounding Sheets, temperature logs and any other required documents or records.
• Assists the Pharmacy Purchasing Specialist with commercial drug and supply purchases and assists with inventory control and management.
• Assists with daily study drug operations including drug ordering (initial orders and reorders), inventory management (includes assisting with reports), receive, unpack and confirm daily study drug shipments, including confirmation using IVRS systems; Assists with study drug destructions, returns and quarantine of drug and all related reports or documentation (include patient returns of oral study drugs).
• Assists with training of staff (technicians and student interns) on proper technique and procedures for drug preparation and drug dispensing and software use.
• Assists with dispensing of study and commercial drugs to satellites; maintaining quarterly and monthly dispensing report (includes records from all sites).
• Assists with home infusion program including managing supplies, reports, drug preparation and drug dispensing.
• Assists with Quality Assurance monitoring programs including temperature monitoring and documentation; IV hood cleaning documentation and IV hood certification; checking expiration dates, remove/return expired drugs and managing drug recalls.
• Assists with clerical duties in Pharmacy including arranging and labeling bins for drugs, preparing drug binders, checking IDS emails, filing of records and documents, participation in continuing education programs, seminars and all required training and certifications to maintain job status and/or pharmacy licensure as required by law.
• Assists with management (restocking, update user list, password assignment, checking for expired drugs, etc) of automated dispensing machines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with drug studies or investigational drug handling.
• IV admixtures and cytotoxic drug handling.
• One year of experience in pharmacy operations at Washington University.
• Associate or Bachelor degree (or classes taken towards either).
• Leadership experience.
• Pharmacy experience including IV admixture experience with demonstrated ability to ensure accurate drug dispensing.
• Safe handling and preparation of cytotoxic and hazardous drugs; basic computer skills including typing; basic pharmacy skills.
• Must be able to understand and follow complex written or verbal instructions.
• Requires effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to organize time and work independently.
• Able to handle confidential material.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent high school certification; Four (4) or more years of experience in pharmacy operations and general pharmacy experience.
• Required Licensure/Certification/Registration: Current Pharmacy Technician Licensure in the state of Missouri and/or Illinois depending on location. Pharmacy Technician licensure must be obtained within three months of hire date or within a shorter time frame if noted by hiring manager. Maintains current certification from PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) or NHA (National Healthcareer Association) and Basic Life Support certification. (Online BLS certifications, those without a skills assessment component, are not sufficient to meet the BLS requirements.).

Grade

C08-H

Salary Range

$20.57 - $30.84 / Hourly

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individua