Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Provides technical support in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to clients of MercyOne Central Iowa Medical Center. Technical support includes the preparation and delivery of medications and sterile products, stocking and ordering of drugs and other products. Technical work is performed under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.  

Prepares medication orders.  

Delivers medications and IV admixtures to patient rooms, critical care areas, and other ancillary areas. 

Credits to the patient and restocks usable medications/IVs returned to the pharmacy. 

Assists the pharmacists with audits and completes assigned unit inspections.  

Restocks automated medication dispensing machines.  

Restocks tackle boxes and cart inserts (crash carts, airway carts, latex carts), and completes check in/out process. 

Communicates stock utilization and ordering needs. 

Compounds and labels extemporaneous liquid and solid products for patients according to procedure. 

Prepares IV admixtures including TPNs, chemotherapy IVs, IV piggybacks, and syringes following strictly described, specific policies and procedures.   

Provides training and mentoring to new employees and assists in directing workflow as needed. 

Other duties as needed and assigned by the manager. 

Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, Trinity Health’s Organizational Integrity Program, Standards of Conduct, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical, and professional behavior. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

High School Diploma or GED when nationally certified through NHA.  

PTCB nationally certified technicians do NOT require HS diploma or GED. 

National Pharmacy Technician Certification and Registered with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy at time of hire and proof of. 

Completion of Mandatory Reporter abuse training for child and dependent adult abuse within three (3) months of hire. 

Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment. 

Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health. 

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS 

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS: (Constant = 67-100% of workday, Frequent = 34-66% of workday, Occasional = 33% or less of workday) 

CONSTANT:  

• Standing: Filling medication orders 

• Walking: Delivering medications to patient rooms, filling activities in the pharmacy. 

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers. 

• Hearing: Ability to receive detailed information through oral communications with co-workers. 

FREQUENT: 

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) to remove medications from shelves. 

• Stooping: Bending body at the waist while retrieving medications from shelves. 

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position with a weight range of 0-20 pounds. 

• Fingering and handling: Working primarily with the fingers to type and/or fingers and palm to pick up medications, medication bags, IV bags, and bottles. 

OCCASIONAL: 

• Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs by choice, delivering stat medications, or in the event of elevator malfunction. 

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to move carts forward while delivering medications to patient care areas. 

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position with a weight range of 30-50 pounds. 

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to move carts backward while delivering medications to patient care areas. 

VISUAL ACUITY REQUIREMENTS: 

• Reading computer generated labels and fill sheets, labels on products,