Pharmacy Technician

About the role

A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice. Enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

Responsibilities

• Meditation Distribution Patient Specific:
  • a. First Dose and PRN must pull labels from medication and/or IV printer, select correct medication, correct strength, and correct form from shelves. Fill, label, and initial medication bag and leave for a pharmacist to check, then deliver or tube to the appropriate units. Remember to clearly identify refrigerated items.
  • b. Cart Fill- Must fill patient specific medications in accordance with department procedure.
  • c. Transportation- cart fill, first dose, and missing doses will be delivered to the appropriate units in the hospital, while practicing appropriate procedure to ensure confidentiality for all patients.
  • d. Missing Doses- upon request, must properly generate label, fill and have checked by a pharmacist, then dispense to the appropriate floor or unit.
  • e. Product Preparation- must properly prepare/compound ointments, creams and oral solutions, etc.
• IV Admixture:
  • a. Aseptic technique- must view and understand aseptic technique video. Demonstrate proper hand washing and proper use of IV Room attire (gown, gloves, mask, shoe and hair covers).
  • b. Small volume- (IVPB) these items will be prepared upon demand or with the IV batch using aseptic technique.
  • c. Specialty solutions- epidural, intrathecal, IVIG, Prolastin, sterile syringes and chemotherapy will be made as required.
  • d. Syringes- Neonatal syringes (when applicable) will be made daily in the A.M. and given a 24 hours expiration date.
  • e. Large volume- (LVA) Electrolytes, KCL and maintenance fluids will be made as needed or with the IV batch.
  • f. TPN- must be trained / approved to calibrate and operate the total parenteral nutrition machine. (when applicable) must identify correct additive to be used, a pharmacist must check prior to injecting additives.
  • g. TPN Equipment- (when applicable) must clean, disassemble and reassemble all tubing. Replace all additives and run all required reports.
  • h. Room cleaning and restocking- IV hood must be cleaned every shift and/or as needed to maintain sterile work surface. IV room must be restocked every shift or as needed. IV room must be clean at all times and cleared of any cardboard boxes, etc. Always ensure that all requirements and procedures of are met.
  • i. Automatic Dispensing Cabinet (Pyxis):
    • a. User- must be capable of accurately adding new users to the PYXIS system.
    • b. Product- must properly load cubies with correct medications. After checked by a pharmacist, cubie should be loaded into PYXIS. Monitor par levels, increase or decrease as needed.
    • c. Reports- must be able to generate needed reports to fill, track, and identify/report all discrepancies.
    • d. Minor Maintenance- must trouble shoot minor problems; recover failed cubies and/or drawers.
    • e. Restock- must accurately fill medication, fluids and stock outs as needed.
    • f. Recall- must assist the pharmacist and supply specialist in retrieving recall medications.
• Miscellaneous Activities:
  • a. Rotate through all work areas of the pharmacy
  • b. Prepackaging and bar-coding medications- must accurately label all tablets, capsules, liquids, mouthwash and oral syringes. (e.g. medication name, strength, NDC #, Lot, and expiration date.)
  • c. Properly provide customer service with phone calls and front window.
  • d. Process all charges: late charges, supplemental, OR charges, nuclear and exception report.
  • e. Properly sort and store employee prescriptions from the Apothecary.
  • f. Ordering supplies and obtaining PO #s using the HSS system.
  • g. Capable of generating orders, checking in orders, completing invoices, processing returns using the wholesaler computer system, and reconciling invoices with statements for accounts payable.
  • h. Coordinate training for new technicians and provide supervision when needed.
  • i. Provide assistance to Technician Supervisor with specific areas of annual evaluations.
• Area Inspections:
  • a. Code Cart- Must restock emergency medication when cart is used and return to pharmacy. A pharmacist must check the code cart before being sealed, code cart is returned to the unit or if spare cart is kept in pharmacy, return to storage area. Code Carts will be inspected quarterly for expired medications.
  • b. Must perform monthly unit and pharmacy inspections for expired/obsolete medication. Also, ensure that assigned pharmacy area is clean and free of dust.
  • c. Must perform monthly out date tracking on medications in the PYXIS cabinets.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. CPHT - Cert Pharmacy Tech, PHT - Registered Pharmacy Tech
• Certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Registered with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy
• Required and Minimum 1 year of experience in specific areas of the Pharmacy.
• Required and Exposure and/or Experience in high risk areas (e.g. Specialty IV Admixture, Purchasing/Inventory Control)
• Basic computer skills.
• Good oral communication skills.
• Basic management skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 30 pounds.
• Ability to push a transportation cart of approximately 100 pounds.

Skills

• Basic computer skills.
• Good oral communication skills.
• Basic management skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 30 pounds.
• Ability to push a transportation cart of approximately 100 pounds.

Benefits

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Variates based on work shift