Pharmacy Tech II-PRN

Pharmacy Technician II

Job Code: PH3451

PRN Varies

We are welcoming a new era in healthcare where achieving good health is just the beginning. At UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper, we believe in caring for the whole person by getting to know - and making connections with - our patients. By combining the talent and expertise of our people, the breadth of capabilities across our system, and our commitment to helping our communities get better and stay healthy, we are improving the patient experience.

As a UVA Health Northern VA & Culpeper team member, you will have a voice in patient care decisions, support the most advanced medical technologies and feel a strong sense of satisfaction from making a difference in people's lives every day.

Classification:
Nonexempt

Supervises Positions:
No

The Pharmacy vision is to deliver optimal medication management across all dimensions of care, every time. Each pharmacy team member is essential in ensuring that UVA Health Northern VACulpeper Pharmacy exists to ensure safe, effective, and affordable medication use in our communities, one person at a time. The Pharmacy Technician serves as a part of the healthcare team at UVA Health Northern VACulpeper and collaborates with other team members, to provide optimal care.

The Technician accepts responsibility, authority, and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with the current policies and procedures. The Pharmacy Technician is able to demonstrates the ability to competently work in different general and specialized areas of pharmacy practice. The essential duties of a pharmacy technician at UVA Community Health are to:
Demonstrate the ability to competently work in general and specialized areas of the pharmacy practice, participate in the training of new employees, fill, prepare, and deliver medications under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist/licensed independent practitioner. Consistently follows policy and procedures ensuring adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care, triages and escalates any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician’s scope of practice to the staff pharmacist or supervisor as needed.

Use appropriate systems for processing of patient information, ensure quality is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements. Appropriately operate pharmacy equipment. Maintains considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic) and their doses, routes of administration, demonstrates patient interview skills, and strong written and communication skills with other healthcare professionals. In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be required.

The essential duties of a pharmacy technician at UVA Community Health are to:

• Demonstrate the ability to competently work in general and specialized areas of the pharmacy practice
• Participate in the training of new employees
• Fill, prepare, and deliver medications under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist/licensed independent practitioner.
• Consistently follows policy and procedures
• Ensuring adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care
• Triages and escalates any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician's scope of practice to the staff pharmacist or supervisor as needed
• Use appropriate systems for processing of patient information
• Ensure quality is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements
• Appropriately operate pharmacy equipment
• Maintains considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic) and their doses, routes of administration,
• Demonstrate patient interview skills and strong written and communication skills with other healthcare professionals.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be required.

• Ensure timely responses to service line requests and inquiries.
• Greets and assists visitors to the department.
• Answers all incoming telephone calls and provides accurate information as needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with other healthcare professionals.

• Prioritizes workflow ensuring all services are performed in a timely manner.
• Co…