Pharmacy Technician - Pharmacy - Requisition

Job Summary

Under general supervision of a licensed pharmacist, and in accordance with standard departmental procedures, prepare medications for patient consumption.

• Consistently uses an outward mindset and puts forth exemplary effort in accomplishing his/her goals and objectives in a manner that helps others to achieve their goals and objectives.
• Assists the pharmacist with the handling of telephone calls and triage calls appropriately and receives assignments from Pharmacists.
• Checks all orders and deliveries for completeness, accuracy, and proper labeling.
• Performs delivery and pickup of medications to secure areas in a timely manner.
• Performs unit inspections checking for all nonconformities, keeps record of inspections, and communicates with charge nurse/nurse manager and pharmacist of any identified issues.
• Ensures adequate stock of sterile equipment, pharmaceutical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and all non-pharmaceuticals.
• Prepackages bulk medications into unit dose packaging for dispensing to patients and maintains accurate and appropriate records in the Packaging Machine.
• Proactively prepackages specialty kits used throughout the hospital.
• Prepares outpatient prescriptions to be dispensed after pharmacist approval in accordance with pharmacy law and standards of pharmacy practice.
• Appropriately address pharmaceutical recalls in a timely manner.
• Inventories, checks, and maintains correct expiration dates upon refill of Automated Dispensing Machines. Proactively addresses short-dated product by removing from machine and marking for immediate use in high moving areas.
• Isolates any nonconforming product (expired, recalled, broken, unusable) to identified area.
• Maintains appropriate stock and dates in ancillary medication servers such as crash carts, EMS bags, RSI boxes.
• Demonstrates ability to address and mitigate drug shortages.
• Reorders medications/supplies on appropriate accounts (340B, GPO, WAC) through wholesaler, direct accounts, and specialty suppliers.
• Appropriately checks in deliveries, checks against packing slip and/or invoice, barcode scans in all appropriate computer systems and places medications/supplies in appropriate storage areas.
• Performs pharmacy physical inventory as appropriate.
• Maintains accuracy of controlled substance counts, addressing and/or explaining all discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Appropriately and accurately orders, invoices, and bills pharmacy supplied medications/supplies for all hospital owned clinics and physician offices.
• Bills and credits in a timely manner any additional medication doses using appropriate computer systems.
• Maintains effective and courteous communication with department directors, managers, pharmacists, technicians, and all hospital personnel.

Active Michigan Pharmacy Technician license.

Able to work accurately under stress and with time interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with personnel and visitors. Able to operate computer programs, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues; must have strong organizational skills.

May be exposed to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses. Must wear appropriate personal protective equipment as required in sterile areas.

Constantly stand, walk, reach, see/visual acuity, handle/grasp/feel, talk/hear, lift/carry 1 to 25 lbs. Frequently push/pull, bend/twist, stoop/kneel/crouch, lift/carry 25 to 49 lbs. Occasionally lift/carry 50+ lbs.

Marshall, 200 N. Madison, Marshall, MI 49068