Pharmacy Technician - Certified

Certified Pharmacy Technician

Rochester Regional Health Home Infusion Therapy 2975 Brighton Henrietta Townline Road, Bldg. 200, Suite 230, Rochester, NY

Pharmacy

Per Diem

Monday
- Friday, 8:30a- 5:00 p

Under pharmacist supervision, responds to and/or triages nursing phone calls, prepares medication orders, accurately delivers meds, and restocks as necessary. Provide superior customer service by modeling the organization's values.

• Properly operate the EMR System (Electronic Medical Record)
• Rounds to the floors accurately and promptly to deliver medications.
• Recognizes medication names and medical abbreviations.
• Ability to use the pharmacy information system to run reports and access basic knowledge of medication data.
• Prepack bulk medicines by taking bulk medication and repackaging into individual, unit-dose, size packaging.
• Proper cleaning, maintenance, and use of the repackaging machine.
• Non-sterile compounding and preparations of oral liquids, creams, and ointments in a clean environment.
• Properly measuring and combining medications, along with proper documentation.
• Fill patient orders with prescribed medications while completing appropriate documentation and affixing patient information labels.
• Fill various emergency boxes and properly document.
• Identify the emergency box to be filled.
• Obtain proper meds for that particular unit.
• Scan each medication for expiration dating and strength before placing it in the box.
• Once complete, obtain the pharmacist's sign-off that all meds were provided.
• Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery.
• Proper handling of narcotics.
• Proper disposal of medication according to hospital guidelines, and maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• IV Room – Knowledge of and proper practice of “A septic” technique.
• Add measured drugs or nutrients to intravenous solutions under sterile conditions to prepare intravenous (IV) packs under pharmacist supervision.
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
• Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
• Perform clerical work in medical settings.
• Knowledge of medications well enough to recognize errors, misprints, or medications that may be contraindicated with each other.
• Possess advanced knowledge of the ADM (Automatic Dispensing Machine) and have the ability to troubleshoot and repair when necessary.
• Participation in process improvement initiatives, such as safety and/or help identifying methods or ideas to improve upon current practices.
• Assists in training new hires.
• Advanced knowledge of IV procedures.
• Batch medication/narcotic drip.
• Order supplies.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Consistently, promptly, and courteously assist/wait on customers, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Obtain all necessary personal, medical (allergies/conditions), and insurance information from the patient.
• Record information on the prescription and enter appropriate information into the pharmacy computer.
• Pursuant to the pharmacist’s order and designated work area, assist in filling patient prescriptions for pharmacist verification.
• Pulls or procures drug product and original prescription, counts, and assesses reorder status.
• Receives requests for refills through automated process and otherwise (phone), and ensures proper requested information is processed and communicated to pharmacists courteously.
• Compiles prescription hard…