Certified Pharmacy Technician, PRN

General Summary Of Duties

Under the direction of a registered pharmacist, performs a variety of technical and clerical duties for the hospital-wide unit dose drug distribution system and intravenous admixture program. Responsible to maintain confidential reports, enter and retrieve data utilizing the computer system, fill automated medication dispensing system with a supply of unit dose medications, procure, and fill requests for pharmaceutical supplies and deliver supplies to nursing units.

Requirements

• National certification preferred.
• Valid state pharmacy technician registration.
• High school diploma or graduate equivalent degree.

Essential Functions

• With the use of an automated dispensing system print out, fills each MedStation with a 24-hour supply of medications.
• Verifies the contents of automated dispensing system stock by checking stock filled by another technician.
• Fills patient medication envelopes with the correct medication from computer labels prior to each run.
• Fills and delivers narcotic orders to nursing units and ancillary departments according to policy and procedure.
• Delivers checked medications to the nursing units.
• Refills automated dispensing system MedStations to prescribed par levels.
• Reports unusual occurrences to the pharmacists.
• Restocks nursing units, operating room, recovery room, and ancillary departments with a limited supply of floor stock medications and supplies.
• Maintains and restocks individual filling stations and work areas, including all satellites while contributing to the maintenance of a fixed, minimal level of a pharmacy inventory.
• Prepackages and labels medications into unit doses from bulk supply.
• Reorders pharmacy supplies from the hospital warehouse.
• Maintains pharmacy in a clean and organized fashion.
• Maintains clean and sterile environment within the intravenous admixture area, including clean room.
• Routinely washes and appropriate germicidal solutions all hoods, counters, carts, and all other equipment that will be used within the work area.
• Assembles materials for the preparation of the daily supply of IV’s including medication labels, medications, solutions, syringes, needles, and administration sets and other equipment necessary.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and to reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis.
• The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.