Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Pharmacy Technician – St. Peter's Hospital

Per Diem

Position Highlights:

• Magnet Hospital
• Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge
• Advancement:  Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development
• Work/Life:  Positions and shifts to accommodate all schedules

Responsibilities:

MEDICATION DISTRIBUTION

Inpatient Pharmacy

• Understands process and timetable for processing first doses and manual picks via Pyxis Logistics application and through MedCarousel.
• Understands process for filling cart fill patient drawers via Pyxis Logistics application and through MedCarousel.
• Accurately sends Pharmacy items to appropriate nursing units utilizing Pneumatic Tube system.
• Accurately picks meds and restocks Pyxis MedStations using both manual system and via Pyxis Logistics application.
• Accurately picks narcotics and utilizes C-II Safe appropriately.
• Delivers patient medication cassettes/ Chemotherapy/Parenteral Nutrition solutions to patient care areas
• Scans shelves in area on monthly basis to check for expired drugs.
• Understands process and timetable for separating and prioritizing small volume parenteral label run
• Appropriately handles incoming phone calls

Pharmacy Satellite

• Delivers emergent patient medications and IV products to OR, Pre-Op and PACU when procedural area personnel not available
• Scans shelves in area on monthly basis to check for expired drugs.
• Accurately restocks Pyxis MedStations using both manual and Pyxis Logistics application in assigned areas.
• Appropriately handles incoming phone calls

MEDICATION PREPARATION

Inpatient Pharmacy

• Cart Filling and baggie filling is accurate-selects proper medication, strength, dosage form, and quantity.
• Selects proper medication, strength, dosage form, and quantity for batching or packaging & labeling.
• Prepares controlled substance orders for dispensing to Pyxis MedStations and returns controlled substances as needed.
• Premixed and compounded IV large and small volume parenterals are correctly labeled.
• Uses proper hand washing technique, follows aseptic technique/USP 797 guidelines while in hood.
• Utilizes syringe and needles, etc. in proper manner to assure sterility
• Cleans hoods and resets special set-ups after each use.
• Changes tubing and set-ups at the correct times
• Mixes chemotherapy according to Vertical Flow Hood specifications and proper procedure for Hazardous Medications.
• Accurately follows written Special Procedures to prepare compounded IV and non-IV products.
• Restocks PacMed, packages doses on demand.
• Accurately packages, into unit of use packaging, and labels medications.
• Accurately repackages medications, able to prioritize medications.
• Prepares the various types of emergency kits.

Pharmacy Satellite

• Premixed and compounded IV large and small volume parenterals are correctly labeled.
• Compounded IV large and small volume admixtures are prepared using aseptic technique and according to USP 797 guidelines.
• Uses proper hand washing technique, follows laminar flow guidelines while in hood.
• Utilizes syringe and needles, etc. in proper manner to assure sterility. Cleans hoods after each use.
• Selects proper medication and fluid for preparing IV Admixture products.
• Accurately follows written Special Procedures to prepare compounded IV and non-IV products

INVENTORY

Inpatient Pharmacy

• Maintain adequate levels of drugs and supplies for assigned area
• Checks in and puts away drug/IV order. Informs pharmacist/inventory technician of shortages, zeros and discrepancies.
• Returns to stock, discontinued medications, IVs and minibags, IVS and minibags from discharged patients by end of shift.
• Leaves work area adequately supplied for next shift.
• Utilizes Pyxis Logistics/PeopleSoft software successfully to requisition meds and supplies.
• Maintains MedCarousel inventory, performs restocking and outdate tracking accurately.
• Maintains PacMed inventory, performs restocking and outdate tracking accurately.
• Maintains inventory levels for the narcotic vault.
• Maintains an inventory of prescription blanks for use by hospital patient care areas and community sites.<