Pharmacy Technician-Per Diem

About the role

The Pharmacy Tech role supports the Department of Pharmacy by performing a variety of technical, clerical, dispensing, inventory, preparation, and delivery tasks with a focus on accuracy and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Works under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist and all medication-related activities must be checked and approved by a pharmacist.
• Demonstrates flexibility in working rotating day, evening, and overnight shifts as well as holidays and weekends as assigned.
• Manages Pyxis inventory by performing accurate drug selection, refilling, loading, stock rotation, and expiration date entry of medications in the Pyxis machines.
• Ensures appropriate and secure handling and management of controlled substances from receipt to delivery per established department policies/procedures and government regulations.
• Ensures removal of expired/damaged products from Pyxis machines, medication rooms, and pharmacy inventory in a timely fashion.
• Aids pharmacists in providing timely pharmacy services including drug delivery, resolution of Pyxis and Talyst problems, urgent patient care needs, and routine patient-specific unit dose medication selection.
• Prepares and fills all medication requests, floor stock requests, emergency code trays, EMS needs, and various medication kits.
• Performs controlled substance inventory, reviews controlled drug utilization reports, and other various requirements per departmental policies.
• Maintains refrigerator, freezer, and room temperature logs per departmental and regulatory requirements.
• Performs billing/charging duties as required.
• Completes medication room and pharmacy inventory inspections monthly according to department policies/procedures.
• Receives, inventories, and puts away the wholesaler medication order with accuracy and in compliance with USP Hazardous Drugs, 340B regulations and Verify on Receipt software.
• Understands the importance of bar code and NDC accuracy for inventory when scanning medications, packaging medications into unit of use containers, and maintaining accurate documentation.
• Manages, operates, triages, and performs preventative maintenance on pharmacy equipment safely and correctly.
• Completes continuous training and education, department-specific competencies, regulatory compliance where applicable, and organizational requirements as assigned.
• Complies with departmental organizational policies and procedures and external agency requirements.
• Performs purchasing duties in compliance with 340B and Drug Supply Chain Security Act requirements and exercises fiscal responsibility.
• Triages medication needs and requests via the electronic health record (Epic).
• Prepares extemporaneous non-sterile preparations according to USP795 regulations.

Qualifications/Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent required.
• Active pharmacy technician state registration (CT license) required.
• National pharmacy technician certification (CPhT) required. Will allow up to six (6) months from date of hire to obtain for continued employment.