Pharmacy Admixture Tech - Medical District

About the role

Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN) seeks a Pharmacy Admixture Tech to work under direct supervision in a clinic admixture room, performing technical, nonjudgmental aspects of medication preparation. Responsibilities include record-keeping, inventory control, and supporting the medication use continuum. Tasks are subject to verification by a registered nurse or pharmacist.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation of medication orders by compounding or admixing medications under supervision.
• Check all orders for completeness and verify patient information and proper physician authorization.
• Admix drugs as ordered by a physician in an accurate and timely manner, adhering to department, OSHA, and interoffice guidelines.
• Calculate correct dosage volumes, converting between metric and apothecary equivalents.
• Assist in controlled substance record keeping in accordance with practice guidelines, state, and federal regulations.
• Dispose of materials used in mixing chemo or non-chemo IVs in accordance with practice guidelines, state, and federal law.
• Clean hoods daily, check drugs monthly for outdates, and perform and document other quality assurance activities.
• Maintain accurate temperature logs and logs for protocol and patient assistance drugs.
• Manage inventory appropriately, including proper documentation of inventory quantities, lot numbers, and expiration dating.
• Provide support across the medication use continuum, including label preparation, documentation, basic data entry, pre-billing review, and ordering medications and supplies.
• Assist with required cleaning and maintenance of the admixture area and pharmacy department in accordance with state rules and USP compliance.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Entry-level experience in a pharmacy.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate recommended unless required by state law.

Skills

• Technical and Functional Experience: Possesses up-to-date knowledge of the profession and industry; regarded as an expert in the technical/functional area.
• Adaptability: Handles day-to-day work challenges confidently; adjusts to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change; shows resilience in the face of constraints, frustrations, or adversity.
• Sound Judgment: Makes timely, cost-effective, and sound decisions, even under conditions of uncertainty.
• Work Commitment: Sets high performance standards; pursues aggressive goals and works efficiently to achieve them.
• Quality Commitment: Emphasizes the need to deliver quality products and/or services; defines standards for quality and evaluates products, processes, and services against those standards; manages quality and improves efficiencies.

Physical Demands

• Full range of body motion including manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Ability to read and note appropriate measurements.
• Requires sitting/standing for extensive periods.
• Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 40 lbs.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.

Work Environment

• Work is performed in an office environment with regular exposure to direct contact with patients.
• Potential for exposure to toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and chemotherapeutic agents.

CCCN supports reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.