Pharmacy Technician

Job Overview

Pharmacy Technician II (PT II) under the supervision of the Pharmacy Manager and/or Clinical Staff Pharmacist. Performs tasks in the Pharmacy Department necessary for optimum patient care and pharmaceutical service. Must be a registered, certified pharmacy technician with the New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy and maintain registration and certification. Responsible for all duties of Pharmacy Technician I and participates in IV sterile compounding.

High School Graduate or Equivalent

• Current National Certification as a Pharmacy Technician (recognized by the NH Board of Pharmacy).
• State of NH Board of Pharmacy Registration within 15 days of employment.
• BLS certification required within 60 days of employment.

• Shall not have been convicted of a drug related felony or admitted to sufficient facts to warrant such findings.
• Proof of successful completion of a NH Board of Pharmacy recognized course on sterile compounding and 600 hours of experience in sterile compounding prior to employment required. If candidate is unable to provide this proof, they must complete, within 6 months of hire, the NH approved sterile compounding course and complete 600 hours of Pharmacist supervised sterile compounding time.

• Prior Hospital experience or Compounding Pharmacy experience required.

• Purchase medications and pharmaceutical supplies consistent with Pharmacy policy and procedure.
• Under the direction of the Pharmacy Resource Technician, maintain the integrity of the 340B purchasing program.
• Receive medications and pharmaceutical supplies according to pharmacy policy and procedure. Stock these items appropriately, including confirming that bar codes are readable.
• Review the cost and NDC number of medications that are received and update the pharmacy system NDC and cost information.
• For new items accurately add all necessary information to the master and/or facility inventory to utilize the medication (for employee prescriptions this must be added to the outpatient pharmacy system inventory). In addition add all necessary information to Connect-Rx and the pharmacy system integrated with Accu Dose-Rx to utilize the medication.
• Maintain the integrity of shelf labels (edit or replace incorrect item numbers). Follow all established inventory control processes within the Pharmacy.

• Stocking or replenishing of an automated dispensing machine or other stock location.
• Under the supervision of a hospital pharmacist accurately select and distribute (restock) in a timely manner medications and pharmaceutical supplies. Insure that medications and supplies that are restocked are within their expiration date and correctly labeled.
• Restock medications in appropriate quantities (maintain established par levels).
• Accurately unit dose medications under the supervision of a hospital pharmacist per NH Ph 703.03 (c).
• Under the supervision of a hospital pharmacist fill cassettes (daily cart fill) or distribute medications that have been ordered for patients (ex. for medications only available from the central pharmacy or for stat use) accurately and in a timely manner.
• Process medication recalls.
• Audit daily medication charges (charge reconciliation). Debit or credit medication charges based on the charge reconciliation process. Accurately debit and credit medication charges received from ancillary departments and the clinics in a timely manner.
• Inspect medications and pharmaceutical supplies kept within the central pharmacy and distributed throughout the hospital for misbranding (outdates) and on a monthly basis. Under the direction of the Pharmacy Resource Technician maintain and update all forms and spreadsheets. Complete monthly inspection reports for review and sign off by the Pharmacy Manager for floor stock areas according to NH pharmacy rule Ph 709.04 (e).

• Processing of refill request orders;
• Retrieving of prescription files, patient files and profiles and other such records pertaining to the practice of pharmacy;
• Counting, weighing, measuring, pouring and reconstitution of prescription medication or stock legend drugs and controlled substances;
• Accepting a new oral telephone order;
• Accepting an oral refill authorization from a provider;
• Communicating a prescription transfer for a non-control medication to or from another pharmacy that does not maintain a common database;
• Communicating orally or in writing any medical, therapeutic, clinical, or drug information;
• Performing the data entry of a prescription or medication order into the computer without supervision;
• Performing the task of writing a prescription left on a recording or message line. Prescription order can only be deleted by pharmacist on duty.

• Demonstrate and maintain core user competency with Connect-Rx and Accu Dose-Rx.
• Demonstrate and maintain end user competency with the pharmacy information system (maintenance of the master…