Inpatient Pharmacy Tech

Additional Information About the Role

Are you a nationally certified Pharmacy Technician seeking a new career? Our dynamic team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join their team! This role is part of our procurement team and will work closely to assure medications and stock are properly received and inventory is rotated based on expiration date.

• Full-time
• Mon‑Fri
• 8‑hour shifts starting at 5 am or 6 am
• No Holidays/No Weekends

Job expectations – include the below but not limited to.

Additional tasks may be required as needed.

• Frequent bending, squatting, carrying, lifting 60+ lbs
• Receiving and moving pallets of fluids and supplies utilizing a pallet jack from the delivery dock to our storage locations
• Restocking of fluids into the pharmacy warehouse including moving individual cases of fluids or pallets utilizing the pallet jack.
• Restocking the warehouse from overstock supply areas and updating inventory spreadsheets in excel.
• Retrieve Drop ship deliveries from the dock and receive them into pharmacy stock
• Works with the procurement team members to backfill receiving role as needed
• Responsible for monthly outdates of several areas within the department and documenting work has been completed in Pharmacy Stars software.

Barnes‑Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes‑Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full‑time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows, and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes‑Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

It takes an innovative environment to attract the very best. That is why St. Louis’ most talented pharmacy professionals choose Barnes‑Jewish Hospital for their careers. Here, our pharmacy staff enjoys the kind of clinical variety and collaboration that makes their careers challenging, interesting and fulfilling. At Barnes‑Jewish, you'll have the opportunity to be involved in inpatient and outpatient care, working in either the central pharmacy or at one of our many satellite locations.

You’ll work with doctors leading their fields in ground‑breaking therapies and with state‑of‑the‑art technologies that ensure your work is the utmost in quality and efficiency. The pharmacy at Barnes‑Jewish uses an integrated practice model with more unit‑based positions. Here, department staff has access to a number of drug information resources, including many online references accessible from department computers. An on‑site drug information center provides support for more in‑depth questions.

Role Purpose

The Pharmacy Technician – Inpatient 3, under the direct supervision of a staff pharmacist and according to standard procedures, provides cross coverage for multiple technician competencies or responsibilities within a focus area.

Responsibilities

• Maintains quality assurance standards and required documentation; maintains regulatory cleanliness compliance.
• Assists in the preparation of medication orders, to include workflow management, basic preparation & dispensing, and non-sterile compounding.
• Supports various inventory activities, to include inventory storage, ordering, rotating, beyond use dating, and cleanliness.
• Assumes primary responsibility for a specific task, function or area of specialty, to include training, system maintenance, inventory management, workflow, process improvement, as well as use of electronic/automated systems.
• Pursues proficiency in the preparation of complex sterile compounds; seeks out other advanced skills and/or additional responsibilities.
• Performs multiple technician responsibilities across the pharmacy or assumes primary responsibility for a focus area, which includes training, system maintenance, inventory management, workflow, process improvement, and proficiency in associated electronic/automated systems; focus areas…