Pharmacy Technician I (Per Diem)

Primary Duties

• Answers and triages phone calls and in-person requests within the department, utilizing excellent customer service skills.
• Accurately calculates, determines, and selects the correct dose to be measured, withdrawn, and/or assembled for the final product to be checked by the pharmacist.
• Safely and accurately prepares medications to be ultimately checked by the pharmacist. This may include, but not be limited to, the following types of activities:
• Utilizing a compounding formula to prepare topical ointments and creams
• Repackaging unit dose medications from bulk bottles or packages
• Compounding oral solutions and packaging appropriate quantities and volume
• Preparing a hazardous oral medication in its final dosage form (e.g., oral solution)
• Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; rotating inventory and removing outdated drugs.
• Ensures proper storage of medications in the department and in patient care areas, according to the manufacturers’ stated storage requirements (including, but not limited to, expiration dating, temperature, and light exposure) and organizational policies and procedures (e.g., storage of look-alike, sound-alike medications, storage locations of high-risk medications, and storage of emergency medications).
• Provides timely delivery of medications for all patient care areas served by the department, including restocking of the automated dispensing cabinets and patient-specific medications; fulfilling departmental floor stock requests; providing emergency and routine medication requests to the Emergency Department, Operating Rooms and Procedural Areas; restocking emergency medication boxes, crash cart trays and other miscellaneous boxes; and transacting retail or hospice prescriptions.
• Safely, accurately, and efficiently operates pharmacy automation and technology necessary for daily pharmacy activities. Activities may include processing medication requests through the pharmacy medication system, operating the tube station, communicating with nursing and other staff via the latest telecommunications procedure, restocking and trouble-shooting automated dispensing cabinets, running reports, repackaging medications using a packaging machine, and crediting/debiting medications in the pharmacy medication system.
• Maintains proper chain of custody for controlled substances (CS), ensures proper storage and control of CS, ensures accurate delivery of CS, and properly accounts for all transactions and/or files all paperwork-related CS activity.
• Completes all daily tasks as assigned in a timely and efficient manner. Is in constant communication with team members to assess and assist with workflow and supports coworkers as necessary to complete all tasks for the day.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent
• Current Washington State Pharmacy Technician license
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication / interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated organizational ability
• Able to work efficiently and accurately in busy and stressful situations