Pharmacy Technician II - Pharmacy
Melbourne, Florida
Employer: Health First
Industry: Pharmacy
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Service and Stewardship by assisting pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications, maintaining the drug inventory, and maintaining patient records. Pharmacy technicians work only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. They do not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Quality/No Harm:
Stewardship:
Customer Experience:
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
MENTAL DEMANDS:
POSITION SUMMARY:
To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Service and Stewardship by assisting pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications, maintaining the drug inventory, and maintaining patient records. Pharmacy technicians work only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. They do not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Quality/No Harm:
- Fills physician orders, medication carts, or stock requisitions accurately.
- Prepares intravenous admixtures or other sterile products accurately.
- Replenishes medications in Pyxis units.
- Delivers medication and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas per established delivery.
- Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date.
- Restocks medication and IV dispensing areas.
- Attends pharmacy staff meetings and reads pertinent email communication.
- Participates in orientation, education, and training programs. Reviews literature and other materials as assigned.
- Completes all competence/skills assessment requirements.
- Maintains patient and department/hospital confidentiality.
- Maintains Technician Registration.
- Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
- Generates reports, pick lists, and labels as required.
- Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately. Files documentation in appropriate locations.
- Collects data, conducts quality monitors, and completes documentation as assigned.
- Maintains bar-code database; packages bar code medications.
- Completes patient Medication Reconciliations accurately and efficiently.
Stewardship:
- Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately.
- Ensures supplies and pharmacy stock are used appropriately to limit waste.
- Identify opportunities to reduce waste and provide cost savings.
Customer Experience:
- Picks up orders, requisitions, and medications for return from patient care areas when on delivery rounds.
- Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
- Generates labels as required.
- Answers the telephone, identifying self and department. Directs calls to appropriate personnel.
- Answers requests at the window and makes stat deliveries to patient care areas when requested.
- Organizes and prioritizes work assignments.
- Demonstrates good oral and written communication.
- Keeps pharmacy areas clean, neat, and well organized. Keeps pharmacy equipment clean.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Maintains patient and Department/Hospital confidentiality.
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Current State of Florida Registration Pharmacy Technician registration or current State of Florida Pharmacy Intern registration required.
- National pharmacy technician certification by the PTCB or ExCPT preferred.
- IV admixture experience preferred.
- Computer skills to support distribution systems required.
- Availability to work long and irregular hours; includes evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Repetitive use of hands and fingers. Good hand and wrist dexterity to enable typing and/or computer work for 8-10 hours/day.
- Good eyesight to read labels/prescriptions, graduated containers of fluids, to count tabs, capsules.
- Good hearing to understand phone instructions/orders, customers and those in which the position depends.
- Ability to work in noisy distracting atmosphere, to handle frequent interruptions, to adapt to changes in workload and work schedule.
- Handle large volumes of work for long periods of time.
- Walk, bend, stoop, twist, sit, and stand for long periods of time, 8-10 hours a day.
- May require lifting and carrying light loads (Up to 40 lbs.).
MENTAL DEMANDS:
- Ability to work independently.
- Patience, positive attitude, cooperation, works well with others, friendly, problem-solving skills, analytical skills, attention to detail - thoroughness.
- Attention to accuracy, organized, good communications skills (orally and in writing), ability to handle and work well under stress.
- Good listening skills, good social skills, perform multiple tasks at one time, and are able to make quick accurate decisions.
- Ability to evaluate medical literature.
Created: 2024-08-22
Reference: 073772
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Melbourne
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