Pharmacy Technician III
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to parse the posting.
Content:
- Supervision: works under pharmacist. Performs routine duties in packaging, distribution, record keeping of pharmaceutical supplies. Assists in preparing compounded and IV meds, TPN, hazardous meds. Demonstrates ability to assess situation, consider alternatives, choose appropriate action. Performs lead functions related to workflow and/or acts as responsible individual in specialty function or area. Educates, leads trainings, oversees activities of Technician Apprentices, I, II, Volunteers. Encourages and instrumental in training and orientation of new employees. Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to patients.
- About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital: description.
- Selects and/or prepares medications under direct supervision as indicated on patient medication orders. Places meds in patient boxes or designated area for pharmacist to check, sends/delivers meds to nursing units as required. May investigate missing medication requests. Charges/credits patients for meds and IV solutions as appropriate. Restocks unused and credited returned meds. May also prepare financial reports, maintain databases, troubleshoot automated tech malfunctions.
- Identifies meds and other items for reorder as necessary to maintain continuous inventory. Receives, checks-in, restocks meds ordered through wholesaler and other vendors. Assesses practical ways to deal with shorted items and short-dated or unusable items.
- Compounds specialty drug products. Repackages bulk meds into unit of use packaging. Completes accurate documentation of items compounded and repackaged.
- Assists in preparing and labeling of IV medication orders, including TPN and hazardous meds, using proper sterile and aseptic technique. Must be able to perform accurate pharmaceutical calculations and train others.
- May perform quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy inventory checks in a timely manner. Completes documentation of refrigerator and environmental interventions, sterile cleaning, and equipment maintenance activities as required.
- Coordinates and assists in supervising the work flow of Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, I, II, and Volunteers. Assists the Technician Supervisor with training and completing performance appraisals. Cover or assist Tech Specialist or Tech Supervisor/Buyer as needed. Ensures technician staff adherence to departmental policies and procedures. Assists in scheduling to assure staffing is at appropriate levels and is responsible for filling in during absences. Responsible for the operation of a specialty area.
- May use automated dispensing technology or requisition to restock meds to nursing and ancillary areas after they are checked by a pharmacist. Restocks meds to all areas outside automated dispensing tech which may include but not be limited to trays, code carts and emergency boxes. Adds users to the automatic dispensing technology database as per policy. Investigates discrepancies in automated dispensing tech.
- Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.
- Requires pharmacy technician licensure in the state of Alaska upon hire. Pharmacy technician certification required (CPhT or ExCPT). Must demonstrate two (2) years of experience performing in a FHP pharmacy technician role or knowledge typically obtained within two years of experience. Must possess good organizational, problem solving, math and computer skills. Must have good written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and other contacts. Must have knowledge of computer software, particularly medication management information system software, Microsoft applications and automated dispensing systems.
- Preferred Qualifications: Pharmacy technician experience and supervisory experience preferred. Additional training in specialty areas (such as automatic dispensing technology, controlled substances and satellite pharmacy) preferred.
- EEO statement: remove.
We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have no explicit Benefits, Pay, Schedule info. So we should NOT include those sections.
We have "About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital" which could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is a heading for role description. Could use "About the role" for the initial paragraph about supervision and duties? But we also have "About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital" describing the employer. Could be part of "About the role"? Might be better to have "About the role" covering the job description summary, and maybe "About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital" could be part of "About the role" or separate? The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can include "About the role" as a heading for the role overview. Then "Responsibilities" for duties. Then "Requirements" for mandatory qualifications. Then "Qualifications" for preferred qualifications. Then "Skills" for skills needed. We need to avoid duplication.
Let's extract:
About the role: maybe combine first paragraph: "This position will work under the supervision of the pharmacist. Performs routine duties in packaging, distribution, and record keeping of pharmaceutical supplies. Assists in preparing compounded and intravenous medications, total parenteral nutrition products, and hazardous medications. Consistently demonstrates an ability to assess a situation, consider alternatives, and choose the appropriate course of action. Performs lead functions as related to workflow and/or acts as the responsible individual in specialty function or area. Educates, leads trainings, and oversees the activities of the Technician Apprentices, Technician I, Technician II, and Volunteers. Encourages and is instrumental in the training and orientation of new employees. Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patients being served."
That seems good.
Responsibilities: list of duties: selecting/preparing meds, placing in boxes, delivering, investigating missing meds, charging/crediting, restocking, preparing financial reports, maintaining databases, troubleshooting automated tech malfunctions, identifying items for reorder, receiving/checking-in/restocking, assessing ways to deal with shorted/short-dated items, compounding specialty drug products, repackaging bulk meds, documentation, preparing/labeling IV meds including TPN and hazardous, performing QC activities, documentation of refrigerator/environmental interventions, sterile cleaning, equipment maintenance, coordinating/supervising workflow of tech apprentices/I/II/volunteers, assisting supervisor with training and performance appraisals, covering/assisting tech specialist/supervisor/buyer, ensuring adherence to policies, assisting in scheduling, filling in during absences, responsible for operation of a specialty area, using automated dispensing tech to restock meds, restocking meds to areas outside automated dispensing (trays, code carts, emergency boxes), adding users to auto dispensing DB, investigating discrepancies, performing functions per policies, providing excellent service experience.
We can bullet list.
Requirements: mandatory: pharmacy technician licensure in Alaska upon hire, pharmacy technician certification (CPhT or ExCPT), two years experience in FHP pharmacy technician role or equivalent knowledge, good organizational, problem solving, math, computer skills, good written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of computer software especially medication management info system, Microsoft apps, automated dispensing systems.
Qualifications (preferred): pharmacy technician experience and supervisory experience preferred, additional training in specialty areas (automatic dispensing technology, controlled substances, satellite pharmacy) preferred.
Skills: maybe we can separate skills from requirements? But we already listed skills in requirements. Could combine? The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could merge Requirements and Qualifications? But they ask to use headings if content exists. We have both mandatory and preferred. Could have "Requirements" for mandatory, "Qualifications" for preferred. Skills could be part of Requirements. But we have a separate "Skills" heading; we could include skills there if we want. However we already have skills in requirements; maybe we can put skills under "Skills" and keep requirements for licensure/experience. Let's decide.
We have: licensure, certification, experience (2 years) -> Requirements. Skills: organizational, problem solving, math, computer, written/verbal communication, knowledge of software (med management, MS, automated dispensing). Could be Skills.
Thus:
- About the role (overview)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Requirements (licensure, certification, experience)
- Skills (organizational, problem solving, math, computer, communication, software knowledge)
- Qualifications (preferred: supervisory experience, specialty training)
We have no Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
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for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. So we need to include all details from the posting.
Let's craft each section.
About the role: include the paragraph as is (maybe split into multiple sentences but keep as
). Ensure we keep all details.
Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as bullet points. Must not lose any detail. Let's enumerate:
- Selects and/or prepares medications, under direct supervision, as indicated on the patient medication orders.
- Places medications in patient boxes or in designated area for pharmacist to check.
- Sends/delivers medications to nursing units as required.
- May investigate missing medication requests.
- Charges/credits patients for medications and intravenous solutions as appropriate.
- Restocks unused and credited returned medications.
- May also prepare financial reports, maintain databases, and troubleshoot automated technology malfunctions.
- Identifies medications and other items for reorder as necessary to maintain a continuous inventory of medications and supplies.
- Receives, checks-in, and restocks medications ordered through wholesaler and other vendors.
- Assesses practical ways to deal with shorted items and short-dated or unusable items.
- Compounds specialty drug products.
- Repackages bulk medications into unit of use packaging.
- Completes accurate documentation of items compounded and repackaged.
- Assists in preparing and labeling of intravenous medication orders, including total parenteral nutrition products and hazardous medications, using proper sterile and aseptic technique.
- Must be able to perform accurate pharmaceutical calculations and train others.
- May perform quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy inventory checks in a timely manner.
- Completes documentation of refrigerator and environmental interventions, sterile cleaning, and equipment maintenance activities as required.
- Coordinates and assists in supervising the work flow of the Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, Pharmacy Technician I, Pharmacy Technician II, and Volunteers.
- Assists the Technician Supervisor with training and completing performance appraisals.
- Cover or assist Tech Specialist or Tech Supervisor/Buyer as needed.
- Ensures technician staff adherence to departmental policies and procedures.
- Assists in scheduling to assure staffing is at appropriate levels and is responsible for filling in during absences.
- Responsible for the operation of a specialty area.
- May use automated dispensing technology or requisition to restock medications to nursing and ancillary areas after they are checked by a pharmacist.
- Restocks medications to all areas outside automated dispensing technology which may include but not be limited to trays, code carts and emergency boxes.
- Adds users to the automatic dispensing technology database as per policy.
- Investigates discrepancies in automated dispensing technology.
- Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
- Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.
That seems comprehensive.
Requirements: bullet list:
- Requires pharmacy technician licensure in the state of Alaska upon hire.
- Pharmacy technician certification required (CPhT or ExCPT).
- Must demonstrate two (2) years of experience performing in a FHP pharmacy technician role or knowledge typically obtained within two years of experience.
Skills: bullet list:
- Must possess good organizational, problem solving, math and computer skills.
- Must have good written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and other contacts
headings and - for lists,
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. So we need to include all details from the posting.
Let's craft each section.
About the role: include the paragraph as is (maybe split into multiple sentences but keep as
). Ensure we keep all details.
Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as bullet points. Must not lose any detail. Let's enumerate:
- Selects and/or prepares medications, under direct supervision, as indicated on the patient medication orders.
- Places medications in patient boxes or in designated area for pharmacist to check.
- Sends/delivers medications to nursing units as required.
- May investigate missing medication requests.
- Charges/credits patients for medications and intravenous solutions as appropriate.
- Restocks unused and credited returned medications.
- May also prepare financial reports, maintain databases, and troubleshoot automated technology malfunctions.
- Identifies medications and other items for reorder as necessary to maintain a continuous inventory of medications and supplies.
- Receives, checks-in, and restocks medications ordered through wholesaler and other vendors.
- Assesses practical ways to deal with shorted items and short-dated or unusable items.
- Compounds specialty drug products.
- Repackages bulk medications into unit of use packaging.
- Completes accurate documentation of items compounded and repackaged.
- Assists in preparing and labeling of intravenous medication orders, including total parenteral nutrition products and hazardous medications, using proper sterile and aseptic technique.
- Must be able to perform accurate pharmaceutical calculations and train others.
- May perform quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy inventory checks in a timely manner.
- Completes documentation of refrigerator and environmental interventions, sterile cleaning, and equipment maintenance activities as required.
- Coordinates and assists in supervising the work flow of the Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, Pharmacy Technician I, Pharmacy Technician II, and Volunteers.
- Assists the Technician Supervisor with training and completing performance appraisals.
- Cover or assist Tech Specialist or Tech Supervisor/Buyer as needed.
- Ensures technician staff adherence to departmental policies and procedures.
- Assists in scheduling to assure staffing is at appropriate levels and is responsible for filling in during absences.
- Responsible for the operation of a specialty area.
- May use automated dispensing technology or requisition to restock medications to nursing and ancillary areas after they are checked by a pharmacist.
- Restocks medications to all areas outside automated dispensing technology which may include but not be limited to trays, code carts and emergency boxes.
- Adds users to the automatic dispensing technology database as per policy.
- Investigates discrepancies in automated dispensing technology.
- Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
- Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.
That seems comprehensive.
Requirements: bullet list:
- Requires pharmacy technician licensure in the state of Alaska upon hire.
- Pharmacy technician certification required (CPhT or ExCPT).
- Must demonstrate two (2) years of experience performing in a FHP pharmacy technician role or knowledge typically obtained within two years of experience.
Skills: bullet list:
- Must possess good organizational, problem solving, math and computer skills.
- Must have good written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and other contacts
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. So we need to include all details from the posting. Let's craft each section. About the role: include the paragraph as is (maybe split into multiple sentences but keep as
). Ensure we keep all details. Responsibilities: we need to list each duty as bullet points. Must not lose any detail. Let's enumerate: - Selects and/or prepares medications, under direct supervision, as indicated on the patient medication orders. - Places medications in patient boxes or in designated area for pharmacist to check. - Sends/delivers medications to nursing units as required. - May investigate missing medication requests. - Charges/credits patients for medications and intravenous solutions as appropriate. - Restocks unused and credited returned medications. - May also prepare financial reports, maintain databases, and troubleshoot automated technology malfunctions. - Identifies medications and other items for reorder as necessary to maintain a continuous inventory of medications and supplies. - Receives, checks-in, and restocks medications ordered through wholesaler and other vendors. - Assesses practical ways to deal with shorted items and short-dated or unusable items. - Compounds specialty drug products. - Repackages bulk medications into unit of use packaging. - Completes accurate documentation of items compounded and repackaged. - Assists in preparing and labeling of intravenous medication orders, including total parenteral nutrition products and hazardous medications, using proper sterile and aseptic technique. - Must be able to perform accurate pharmaceutical calculations and train others. - May perform quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy inventory checks in a timely manner. - Completes documentation of refrigerator and environmental interventions, sterile cleaning, and equipment maintenance activities as required. - Coordinates and assists in supervising the work flow of the Pharmacy Technician Apprentice, Pharmacy Technician I, Pharmacy Technician II, and Volunteers. - Assists the Technician Supervisor with training and completing performance appraisals. - Cover or assist Tech Specialist or Tech Supervisor/Buyer as needed. - Ensures technician staff adherence to departmental policies and procedures. - Assists in scheduling to assure staffing is at appropriate levels and is responsible for filling in during absences. - Responsible for the operation of a specialty area. - May use automated dispensing technology or requisition to restock medications to nursing and ancillary areas after they are checked by a pharmacist. - Restocks medications to all areas outside automated dispensing technology which may include but not be limited to trays, code carts and emergency boxes. - Adds users to the automatic dispensing technology database as per policy. - Investigates discrepancies in automated dispensing technology. - Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. - Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day. That seems comprehensive. Requirements: bullet list: - Requires pharmacy technician licensure in the state of Alaska upon hire. - Pharmacy technician certification required (CPhT or ExCPT). - Must demonstrate two (2) years of experience performing in a FHP pharmacy technician role or knowledge typically obtained within two years of experience. Skills: bullet list: - Must possess good organizational, problem solving, math and computer skills. - Must have good written and verbal communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and other contacts