Pharmacy Technician

Job Description:

Pharmacy Technician

• Full Time
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan- up to 4% employer contribution
• Earned Time Off
• Extended Illness Bank-Hospital contribution
• Life Insurance
  - Employer Paid
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Free 24-hour fitness center
• Hospital Indemnity
• MASA
  - Medical Transportation Solutions

• Fills physician orders, medication carts, and stock requisitions accurately.
• Prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile preparations (including parenteral nutrition) safely and accurately using appropriate techniques.
• Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule.
• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing medications and supplies in appropriate locations. Aids in returns and recalls of medications.
• Completes and documents all assigned medication storage area inspections as required. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable medications.
• Repackages bulk medications in unit-dose packages safely and accurately per established procedures using appropriate techniques.
• Accurately fills medications and maintains inventory in automated dispensing machines.
• Refills controlled substances accurately and reconciles inventories in automated distribution system in accordance with state laws and regulations and facility policy.

Pharmacy technicians assist pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications, maintaining the medication inventory, and maintaining patient records. All technician activities are supervised by a licensed pharmacist. They do not perform duties that can legally be performed only by a registered pharmacist.

• Full Time

• Medical/ Dental/ Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Flex Spending Acount/Dependent Care Spending Account
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan- up to 4% employer contribution
• Earned Time Off
• Extended Illness.
  
  Hospital contribution
• Life Insurance
  - Employer Paid
• Long-Term Disability/ Short-Term Disability-Employer paid
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Free 24-hour fitness center
• Hospital Indemnity
• MASA
  - Medical Transportation Solutions

• Fills physician orders, medication carts, and stock requisitions accurately.
• Prepares intravenous admixtures and other sterile preparations (including parenteral nutrition) safely and accurately using appropriate techniques.
• Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established schedule.
• Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing medications and supplies in appropriate locations. Aids in returns and recalls of medications.
• Completes and documents all assigned medication storage area inspections as required. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable medications.
• Repackages bulk medications in unit-dose packages safely and accurately per established procedures using appropriate techniques.
• Accurately fills medications and maintains inventory in automated dispensing machines.
• Refills controlled substances accurately and reconciles inventories in automated distribution system in accordance with state laws and regulations and facility policy.

• Answers telephone using appropriate phone etiquette, fields questions, and directs calls as needed.
• Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately. Files documentation in appropriate locations.
• Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately and participates in interdepartmental billing.
• Maintains current technician certification.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

• High school diploma or equivalent. College courses or vocational education desirable but not required.

• 2-3 years pharmacy technician experience preferred, but not required

• Knowledge of the following will be needed to effectively complete job duties:
  Microsoft Office Suite, electronic mail, fax machine, copier, telephones, personal computer, printer, scanner, electronic health record, automated dispensing machines.
• Attention to detail, interpersonal skills within and outside of the pharmacy department, accountability, and willingness to learn are strongly encouraged.

• Registered as a pharmacy technician in good…