Pharmacy Technician - Certified

About the role

Under pharmacist supervision, responds to and/or triages nursing phone calls, prepares medication orders, accurately delivers meds, and restocks as necessary. Provides superior customer service by modeling the organization's values.

Responsibilities

• Properly operate the EMR System (Electronic Medical Record)
• Rounds to the floors accurately and promptly to deliver medications
• Recognizes medication names and medical abbreviations
• Uses the pharmacy information system to run reports and access basic knowledge of medication data
• Prepack bulk medicines by taking bulk medication and repackaging into individual, unit-dose, size packaging
• Performs proper cleaning, maintenance, and use of the repackaging machine
• Non-sterile compounding and preparations of oral liquids, creams, and ointments in a clean environment
• Measures and combines medications, along with proper documentation
• Fills patient orders with prescribed medications while completing appropriate documentation and affixing patient information labels
• Fills various emergency boxes and properly documents
• Identifies the emergency box to be filled, obtains proper meds for that particular unit, scans each medication for expiration dating and strength before placing it in the box, and obtains the pharmacist's sign-off that all meds were provided
• Delivers medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery
• Handles narcotics properly
• Disposes of medication according to hospital guidelines, and maintains proper storage and security conditions for drugs
• Iv Room – Knowledge of and proper practice of “A septic” technique
• Transfers medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques
• Receives and stores incoming supplies, verifies quantities against invoices, checks for outdated medications in current inventory, and informs supervisors of stock needs and shortages
• Answers telephones, responding to questions or requests
• Performs clerical work in medical settings
• Knows medications well enough to recognize errors, misprints, or medications that may be contraindicated with each other
• Possesses advanced knowledge of the ADM (Automatic Dispensing Machine) and has the ability to troubleshoot and repair when necessary
• Participates in process improvement initiatives, such as safety and/or helping identify methods or ideas to improve upon current practices
• Assists in training new hires
• Advanced knowledge of IV procedures
• Batch medication/narcotic drip
• Orders supplies
• Other duties as assigned

Additional Ambulatory Pharmacy Responsibilities

• Consistently, promptly, and courteously assist/wait on customers, maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Obtain all necessary personal, medical (allergies/conditions), and insurance information from the patient. Record information on the prescription and enter appropriate information into the pharmacy computer
• Pursuant to the pharmacist’s order and designated work area, assist in filling patient prescriptions for pharmacist verification
• Pulls or procures drug product and original prescription, counts, and assesses reorder status
• Receives requests for refills through automated process and otherwise (phone), and ensures proper requested information is processed and communicated to pharmacists courteously
• Compiles prescription hard copies in numerical order and files daily
• Keeps a clean, uncluttered work environment. Cleans shelves and storage areas routinely
• Has thorough knowledge of the “wholesaler” computer system. Ability to compile and send orders, receive confirmation, assess availability of product (backorders, etc.), and follow through with communication to staff members for problems
• Assists in checking in the pharmaceutical orders, verifying invoices/packing slips with pharmacy orders, applying stickers to drug products/supplies, and placing them into stock
• Maintains adequate supplies (dispensing bottles, computer labels, bags, Medela products, necessary pharmacy billing and signature logs, etc.)
• Completes “Return to stock” task, based on the current schedule in pharmacy, and reports information to the accounts manager
• Periodically throughout the day, assess the cash register for appropriate change and retrieves as needed from the cashier’s office
• Balances the cash register at the end of the day, counts back down to $50, and makes a daily deposit. All money is placed in a safe and locked at the end of the day
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• National Pharmacy Technician Certification. If hired on or before December 5, 2021 must register by Feb. 28, 2022
• NYS OOP Registered Pharmacy Technician within 6 months of hire. If hired on or before December 5, 2021 must register by June 30, 2022
• High School diploma or equivalent preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for routine interaction with hospital staff
• Pursuing additional certifications
• One year of experience working with a frail or elderly population preferred
• One year of work experience in a clinical, retail or healthcare setting

Skills

• Knowledge of medications well enough to recognize errors, misprints, or medications that may be contraindicated with each other
• Possess advanced knowledge of the ADM (Automatic Dispensing Machine) and have the ability to troubleshoot and repair when necessary
• Participation in process improvement initiatives, such as safety and/or help identifying methods or ideas to improve upon current practices
• Assists in training new hires
• Advanced knowledge of IV procedures
• Batch medication/narcotic drip
• Orders supplies

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$19.50 - $23.00

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:30a- 5:00 p