Pharmacy Tech - Infusion Center

It's more than a career, it's a calling

OK-SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Oklahoma City

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

·         Department: Chemotherapy

·         Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift

·         Starting Pay: $20.79​+

·         Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts​

·         Location: St. Anthony Hospital - OKC

Job Summary:

Performs all duties to insure timely and accurate delivery of infusion medications within the infusion centers. Prepares sterile compounded IV, injection, and chemotherapy products to be checked by pharmacist. Review patient schedules and inventory management of medications and supplies needed for upcoming treatments. Works under supervision of registered pharmacist.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compounds, packages, and labels medications including chemotherapy, specialty infusion medications, injections, and supportive care medications. All medication preparation is done with remote pharmacist supervision. Maintain compounding records within the EHR. Complies with all sterile compounding regulations, standards, and policies (i.e. USP 797 and 800). 
• Maintains and manages cleanroom environment to ensure compliance with all regulations and patient safety. Performs regular cleaning of compounding area per standard operating procedures. Addresses out of range pressure, temperature, humidity of the cleanroom environment according to policy. 
• Reviews patient schedules proactively to assess medications, fluids, and supplies needed for scheduled treatments. Independently maintains inventory and places orders as needed for necessary drugs and supplies. Insures medication inventory reduces risk for waste by checking in orders, stocking shelves, rotating stock, processing recalls and conducting quarterly inspections of all areas where drugs are stored in the pharmacy for outdated and unusable medications and quarantining them in a separate are from useable stock. 
• Performs review of infusion visits in the EHR and completes necessary documentation including but not limited to medication waste billing, NDC and lot information for compounded products, and infusion administration coding. Communicates with pharmacists and nursing staff to insure timely closing of infusion encounters. 
• Interacts with patients to obtain signatures or insurance information when needed for third party vendors and REMS programs. 
• Assists pharmacist with intake and review of temperature excursions related to pharmaceuticals 
• Follows all procedures for documenting and dispensing controlled substances. Handles controlled substances in a manner that ensures accountability and security.
• Works independently with off-site pharmacist supervision. 
• Work closely with infusion center nursing staff to maintain timely delivery of medications. 
• Work in a constant state