Pharmacy Technician, Sterile Compounding Full Time Days

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

WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Sun Prairie

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Join SSM Health for an exciting new central pharmacy established in the new Sun Prairie Outpatient Center. This ambulatory surgery center will support both eye and orthopedic surgical procedures and Davis Duehr Dean clinic operations. Pharmacy support roles in this location include management of automated dispensing cabinets, buying and inventory support, and sterile compounding support for IV, ocular, and allergy mixing.

Primary Location: Sun Prairie Outpatient Center - 2850 O'Keefe Avenue - Sun Prairie WI  53590 (facility currently being constructed)

Department: Inpatient Pharmacy  

Schedule: Full Time Days

Shift: Monday through Friday 5:30am to 2:00pm and 8:00am to 4:30pm No nights or weekends.  

Starting Pay: 21.89 minimum (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.)

Shift Differentials: Increases for Evenings, Nights, & Weekends based on State and Job Profile

Sign-on Bonus Eligible – $2,000 (Sign-on bonuses are for external qualified candidates.  Internal candidates – check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you)

inpatient/hospital pharmacy experience preferred

Job Summary:

Assist pharmacists following established procedures and policies. Prepares sterile compounded IV, irrigation, and chemotherapy solutions to be checked by a pharmacist. Works only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist and may not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Compounds, packages, and labels drugs. Maintains all required records and utilizes a computer system to run labels. Consults with a pharmacist and monitors for duplicate or conflicting entries. Complies with all sterile compounding regulations, standards, and policies. (i.e. USP 797 and USP 800). Calculates dosage volumes, converting between metric and apothecary equivalents.
• Helps to ensure accurate documentation and billing to ensure compliance. Works with pharmacist and prescriber to resolve rejections and/or questions to facilitate the timely disposition of orders.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and sterile work area in accordance with established policies and procedures. Performs and documents daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning practices and environmental testing. Disposes of all materials per policies and procedures that are used when mixing hazardous or non-hazardous IVs.
• Follows all procedures for documenting and dispensing controlled substances. Handles controlled substances in a manner that ensures accountability and security.
• Assures medications are available for patients by assisting in inventory control including ordering, checking in orders, stocking shelves, updating the inventory system, rotating stock, and processing recalls.
• Conducts periodic inspections where sterile compounding components are stored in the pharmacy for outdated and unusable components and quarantining them in a separate area from usable stock.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• High School diploma/GED or 10 years of work experience

EXPERIENCE

• One year experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS