Pharmacy Tech: PRN

Description

Under supervision of a Pharmacy Director/remote Pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician will perform technical and clerical duties associated with the distribution of medications throughout the hospital. In addition, the Pharmacy Technician will be assigned tasks regarding pharmacy quality control, management of pharmacy records, and inventory control.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Place orders for medications 
• Receive medication orders
• Prepare purchase orders/invoices 
• Process invoices for Pharmacist Signature 
• Participate in Inventory Control
• Assist in Formulary Maintenance
• Update Electronic Formulary Database as needed
• Update Charge Master as needed
• Maintain “Borrow”/”Lend” Record
• Daily restock of floor stock locations
•  Assist in controlled substance reconciliation
• Assist in communicating information to the nursing units
• Pull expired drugs and prepares for return to reverse distributor 
• Check crash carts on a routine basis
• Repackage medication into unit doses with RPh present
• Assist in supervising proper storage of drugs throughout hospital
• Issue controlled substances to department cabinets from the pharmacy
• Regularly check FDA web site for drug shortages or recalls and reports to Pharmacist
• Clean Pharmacy as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED 
• Certification by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board as well as Texas State Board of Pharmacy.
• Maintain record of CE requirements  
• Prefer 1 year Pharmacy experience