Advanced Pharmacy Technician, Pipeline

SUMMARY

Works under supervision of Pharmacy Technician Coordinator, Pharmacy Technician Supervisor or Pharmacy Manager .

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Advanced Pharmacy Technician (APT) basic responsibilities may include :

1. Performs job responsibilities in accordance with organizational and departmental policies, procedures, performance improvement objectives and environmental/infection control standards.
2. Coordinates daily workflow in assigned area and provides leadership to other technicians.
3. Makes good decisions, accepts responsibilities and maintains competency in multiple areas.
4. Is a knowledge and training resource for specific areas of responsibility and routinely works to improve these areas.
5. Provides prompt and courteous service by receiving incoming calls (patients, nurses, physicians, etc.) and prioritizing based on urgency or nature of requests (triage).
6. Participate in teaching activities, including but not limited to, precept Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Students, Pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners.
7. Actively enhances personal growth and development by participating in educational programs, in-services and meetings. Actively participates in new employee orientation and training.
8. Treats co-workers and organizational/departmental property and resources with respect by maintaining a clean, orderly and appropriately stocked work environment.
9. Audits and signs out all controlled substances in accordance with state/federal guidelines and organizational policies. Identifies and corrects discrepancies and reports unusual usage patterns/trends. Completes medication area inspections in a thorough and timely manner. Removes and documents expired medications appropriately.
10. Consistently works (multi-tasks) and problem solves independently and effectively with minimal supervision.
11. Spend a total of 80% of their staffed hours performing one or a combination of the below advanced pharmacy technician concentration areas.
12. Performs other duties as assigned

• Controlled Substance, Operating Room, Buyer, Procurement, & Technology Optimization Advanced Pharmacy Technician activities may include:

1. Assists with ordering, managing and monitoring drug inventory in a fiscally responsible manner and is cognizant of appropriate PAR levels in all medication storage areas.

2. Proper management and handling of medications, including investigational and controlled substances (e.g., record maintenance, use of inventory management software, inventory and quality control, proper documentation and discrepancy resolution).

3. Efficient operation and ability to troubleshoot specialty machinery, equipment, devices or software necessary in performing job functions (e.g., carousels, automated dispensing cabinets, drug delivery devices, medication testing).

4. Generate and analyze reports from the automated dispensing cabinets and compare to administration records.

5. Temperature monitoring for room, refrigerators, and freezers.

6. Competence in rebuilding code cart trays and creating drug kits as needed.

7. Ordering, shipping, receiving, retrieving and documenting pharmacy inventory activities. Including Cardinal, M&D Webportal, ION ordering, Peoplesoft, Jaggaer and other systems.

• Sterile & Hazardous Compounding activities may include:

1. Accurately prepares all sterile admixtures for adults, pediatrics and neonates using proper aseptic technique. Safely handles all hazardous medications, including chemotherapy. Delivers medications in a timely and efficient manner.

2. Compounding, packaging and labeling of sterile and non-sterile products in accordance to USP regulations; Able to perform pharmaceutical calculations in execution of tasks.

3. Competent in terminal cleaning and utilizing PAPR unit while cleaning underpan of CACI (when applicable).

4. Efficient operation of specialty machinery and equipment (e.g. baxa pump, IV compounding system, PharmTrac)

5. Special preparations (e.g. CADD delivery device, AIM, elastomeric pumps).

6. Proficient with understanding sterility testing systems, USP compounding standards and state board of pharmacy rules as they relate to sterile and hazardous compounding.

• Investigational Drug Services activities may include:

1. Proper management and handling of medications, including investigational and controlled substances (e.g., record maintenance, use of inventory management software, inventory and quality control, proper documentation and discrepancy resolution).

2. Accurately prepares investigational sterile admixtures for adults, pediatrics and neonates using proper aseptic technique. Safely handles all hazardous medications, including chemotherapy. Delivers medications in a timely and efficient manner.

3. General understanding of research study protocols and unique requirements for each study protocol.

4. Inventory management for study drug when stored inside and outside areas of IDS.

5. Competence to work with study monitors and/or auditors for research studies.

6. Proficient developing study procedures and troubleshooting issues that arise in IDS.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience as a pharmacy technician, two (2) of the years in area of advanced pharmacy technician concentration.
• Registration with Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) as a Registered Technician or Pharmacist Intern is required.
• National certification with Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) preferred.
• Sterile compounding (IV) certification accredited by ACPE required in Sterile & Hazardous Compounding and Investigational Drug Services only.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) is required by start date .

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Ø Work requires good organizational skills.

Ø Basic computer skills, data entry, filing.

Ø English (speaking, reading, writing). Good general health and stress coping ability. Moderate physical effort: prolonged standing/walking, occasional lifting/carrying (up to 25 lbs), reaching, bending, crouching, etc. OSHA Category III.

The following is the acronym, "PACT", and is fundamental to all clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

Ø P-Problem Solving: To achieve excellence in patient care and service, all employees are expected to take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently and to the satisfaction of the patient.

Ø A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: In keeping with a professional healthcare environment, all employees are expected to have the ability to perform their jobs and to appear and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner.

Ø C-Communications and Compassion: It is our goal that all our communications are clear, courteous, timely, and delivered with compassion, respect and appropriate confidentiality.

Ø T-Teamwork: In our medical environment, our patients regard every employee they encounter as a member of the Southwestern Medical Center team. Our goal is to individually work hard to contribute to our team, support our co-workers, and to achieve not only excellent patient care and service, but also a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work is performed primarily in office area. Moderate physical effort: prolonged standing/walking, occasional lifting/carrying (up to 25 lbs), reaching, bending, crouching, etc.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimum require prior approval of Vice President for Human Resources Administration or his/her designee.

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code •51.215.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.