PHARMACY TECHNICIAN-CASUAL

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician, under the Pharmacist's supervision and according to established policies and procedures, assists with the medication distribution system. 

Essential Job Functions

• Fill new medication orders and cassettes and prepare for Pharmacist's review.
• Assist in reconciliation of missing orders and doses and complete required documentation.
• Deliver and retrieve medications to and from patient care areas.
• Deliver medications to appropriate storage area on the nursing unit, including patients rooms,
• Retrieve discontinued and discharged patient's medication from nursing unit and return to Rx.
• Deliver stock medications and place in appropriate storage location.
• Maintain patient transfers, discharges, and medication returns to their proper locations.
• Exchange medication cassettes daily.
• Complete all assigned charging and crediting functions, including from miscellaneous sources.
• Prepackage medications, such as oral liquids, simple batch compounding, and starter doses for review.
• Restock automated dispensing cabinets, such as Acudose machines.
• Utilize Pharmacy operating system, such as Cerner.
• Operate and maintain robot for first doses and cart-fill process.
• Use tube system, secure transaction function, and do not tube list.
• Stock medications to their appropriate locations, rotate stock as necessary and check outdates, and assist in maintaining adequate stock levels.
• Maintain assigned inspection section and check outdates monthly.
• Fill emergency trays, anesthesia trays, ancillary dept. stock requests, and various medication boxes.
• Facilitate communication within the Pharmacy.
• Answer telephone and triage calls to appropriate person.
• Monitor Pharmacy Window and assist customers according to their need.
• Staff the IV Room when necessary.
• Prior completion of department IV training and competency
• Prepare IV medications and parenteral nutrition (TPN) utilizing USP 797 and 800 guidelines for review.
• Label pre-mixed IV meds and batch prep mini bag plus IV meds for pharmacist’s review.
• Manage adequate inventory levels.
• Maintain Clean Room environment per policy and procedure as well as USP 797 and 800 guidelines.
• Follow Quality Assurance protocols, such as temp/humidity monitoring, hood cleaning, hand washing, and proper garb for clean room.
• Demonstrate skill and proficiency to be scheduled IV shift on weekend/holiday.
• Thoroughly trained in all aspects of the basic tech functions/duties.
• Robot: thoroughly understand cart-fill process including updates and patient transfers/discharges; troubleshoot problems/issues.
• Acudose machines: Manage return bin function and be able to troubleshoot problems/issues.
• Assist Pharmacist in filling outpatient prescriptions as necessary.
• Operate packaging machines, which requires knowledge of machine set-up, reports, and trouble-shooting.
• The APS Overwrap Packager Machine, which packages vials/injectable and unit dose bigger items.
• The Bulk Packager machines, which include the Euclid Cadet that packages bulk meds in unit-dose strips for manual pick stations and Euclid Punch Cadet that packages bulk meds into unit-dose robot ready form.
• Enter appropriate information-such as NDC, manufacturer, bar-code, lot #, expiration date-for each medication being packaged.
• Complete average daily production of at least 2,000 to 3,000 doses from all 3 machines.
• Anticipate ups and downs of “Robot Ready” stock inventory and prepare accordingly.
• Restock robot daily using restocking report.
• Interact with buyers from other campuses and coordinate pre-packaging for their needs.
• Maintain bulk supply inventory by placing daily drug order using Repackaging Report and Wholesaler Reordering Report.
• Run packaging log detail report for each machine, print daily and keep for recommended length of time.
• Maintain utilization and efficiency of robot.
• Use cell map adjustment report twice monthly, remove and/or add meds, rearrange rods as necessary, and ensure packaging is checked and verified by a Pharmacist.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Strong organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• One (1) year pr