Pharmacy Technician Certified Lead - General Pharmacy

Description

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos, which originated in 1923 as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital, opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual “Best of Hays” publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record.

In addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice, women’s services and more.

Summary:

Pharmacy Technician Certified Lead performs all tasks which are not required by law to be performed by a licensed pharmacist. Performs all pharmacy technician and clerical duties. The Job requires National Pharmacy Technician Certification and institutional specific pharmacy technician IV certification.

Responsibilities:

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS
  
  Competencies:
  
  Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Maintains consistency with Administrative and Departmental policies with appropriate behavior, dress, attitude, attendance, confidentiality, professionalism, and reliability.
• Performs clerical duties including, but not limited to, the following: ordering, receiving, and invoicing supplies, posting patient debits and credits, computer tasks related to data entry and report generation.
• Maintains information for IV solution preparation and dispensing. Labels pre-mixed solutions and verifies Pharmacist’s work. Restocks solution bags in designated areas.
• Compounds sterile products not available from manufacturer ready-to-use including large volume, parenterals, IVPBs, TPNs, under the supervision of a pharmacist. Performs quality assurance duties related to end-product sterility verification.
• Participates in training of new associates on all technical and clerical skills.
• Selects and fills prepackaged medications for in-house patients. Pre-packs and delivers seven-day patient medication cards. Performs cart exchange and is responsible for the preparation and distribution of nutritionals.
• Monitors given amounts of drugs and assists in other inventory functions.
• Verifies written orders behind pharmacist.
• Assists pharmacist in gathering data for DUE, CI and drug regimen reviews.
• Maintain stocking and charge verification of medications housed in Pyxis.

Job Requirements:

Education/Skills

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred

Experience

• 5+ years of pharmacy technician experience

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Pharmacy registration in the State of practice
• Optional BLS, ACLS, and PALS for Pediatric practice

In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.

Work Schedule:

5 Days - 8 Hours

Work Type:

Full Time