Inpatient Pharmacy Tech Trainee Rotating

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift: Rotating Shift

Description:

At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well. Mercy One Clinton Medical Center is a Catholic, not-for-profit, full-service community health system serving counties in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.

With approximately 50,000 patient admissions every year, Mercy One Clinton operates 249 licensed beds. In addition to a wide range of traditional hospital services, Mercy One Clinton provides a continuum of care with specialized services in wound care, radiation oncology, dialysis, imaging, sleep disorders, therapy services, and skilled care. Mercy One Clinton has a staff of more than 800 employees, making it one of the community’s largest employers.

Job Description Join the Mercy One Family! We are looking to hire a Inpatient Pharmacy Tech Trainee. As an Inpatient Pharmacy Tech Trainee at Mercy One, you will be learning to assist Clinical Pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications and maintaining the drug inventory and maintaining patient records in Pharmacy. These duties require skill and training but do not include making clinical judgments that require a pharmacist professional judgment.

Pharmacy Technician Trainees work only under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. They do not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist. Ages of patients served range from neonatal to geriatric.

Schedule:

40/hours week; rotating shifts, holidays and weekends

General Requirements:
The major job responsibilities (MJRs) of this position are: batch preparation, new dose preparation, stock preparations, Pyxis functions, inter/intra department orders outside routine processes, maintenance of assigned area(s), liaison activities, medication distribution processes and departmental service requirements. Procures and distributes medication orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment according to established policies, procedures, and protocols. Assigned Pharmacy work area is kept clean, neat, and well-organized during shift.

Pharmacy equipment is kept clean and reports any potential or actual equipment failures in a timely manner. Assists the Pharmacist with filling physician orders, medication kit and/or trays, medication carts, and floor stock requisitions accurately. Prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile preparations (including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition) safely and accurately using appropriate aseptic techniques. Replenishes medications in emergency drug containers and floor stock areas accurately.

Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule. Promptly returns any unused or discontinued medications to Pharmacy. Restocks ambulance bags following approved departmental procedure. Accurately fills pharmacy prescriptions in Mercy Outpatient Pharmacy as needed. Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies. Demonstrates the ability to maintain appropriate inventory levels by recording all drugs and supplies needed on the appropriate document for wholesaler ordering by Pharmacy Buyer.

Assists Pharmacy Buyer in receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations as needed. Rotates stock within Pharmacy to ensure use before expiration date. Efficiently restocks automated dispensing machines (Pyxis) including the immediate restocking of any “stock out” (includes using PARx system to refill). Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.…