Pharmacy Technician - Oncology

Duties/Responsibilities

• Delivering filled orders, inputting supply orders & charges.
• Filling automated dispensing machines accurately.
• Filling departmental orders.
• Resolving missing doses with investigation.
• Printing new labels, obtaining pharmacist approval & delivering final product.
• Answering phone correctly as pharmacy tech as required by the State of Indiana.
• Taking complete messages including phone numbers & name of caller.
• Teaching and communicating with students.
• Answering questions within Tech scope & knowing when to refer on to the pharmacist.
• Communicating ideas or ways of improving safety, accuracy, efficiency.
• Transmitting orders to wholesalers or companies.
• Checking items received, applying price stickers, checking off item on invoice.
• Resolving backorder issues with wholesalers.
• Preparing the drug invoices for payment & assigning account numbers.
• Filing the invoices accurately.
• Sorting & preparing for return outdated drugs.
• Preparing for, taking, & entering the annual inventory.
• Restocking the shelves & drawers.
• Stocking Omnicell.
• Sterile and non-sterile compounding & other duties as assigned.
• Maintaining/cleaning IV areas.
• Replacing stock items used by units.
• Checking & resupplying the stock located in the medication dispensing unit daily.
• Reviewing narcotic stock with pharmacist using CSM.
• Checking narcotic proof of use for accuracy, cosigned wastage & co-signatures if required.
• Returning incorrect sheets for correction & confirming their return to pharmacy.
• Completing the State required mandatory monthly inspections of all drug storage areas.
• Reviewing, correcting & filing of the daily drug disposition logs & cart fill documents.
• Helping to maintain the high level of departmental dispensing accuracy.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong customer service skills & team player.
• Able to effectively communicate both verbally & in writing.
• Able to multi-task & prioritize.
• Able to operate basic office equipment & hospital applications.
• Able to operate Laminar flow hood or newer models, Omnicell or Documed device, other new equipment as purchased.