Pharmacy Technician

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist pharmacists in promoting an organized and functional pharmacy service.
• Prepares medications for dispensing and maintains records.
• Alerts pharmacy director, coordinator, clinical coordinator, or pharmacist of immediate problems
  requiring corrective action in a timely manner.
• Screens nursing and physician inquiries and phone calls by directing to appropriate pharmacist to
  ensure accurate and timely communication.
• Performs special projects, including the training of new technicians and overseeing their activities,
  and other activities as assigned to increase and improve level of service, skill level, and
  productivity.
• Attains professional growth by attending or participating in a minimum of 10 hours of continuing
  education annually.
• Maintains patient and other records using pharmacy computers and manual systems to ensure
  timely and accurate patient billings and compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Facilitates maintenance of adequate supplies by logging needs in Want book.
• Processes daily IV slips, assisting the administrative Productary with workload statistics.
• Accurately and in a timely manner fills unit dose cart, floor stock, medication orders, and delivers
  to patient care areas to ensure availability of ordered drugs and supplies.
• Is knowledgeable in the use and stocking of automated medication cabinets.
• Accurately prepares I.V. admixtures, using sterile technique.
• Accurately and in a timely manner, prepares prescriptions for pharmacist review and dispensing.
• Accurately compounds specialty items.
• Pre-packages and labels bulk medications for unit dose / unit of use dispensing with computer
  and associated equipment.
• Checks floor stock and / or pharmacy stock for outdates, overstock, and proper storage on a
  monthly basis to ensure the use of high quality medications.
• Maintains cost effective inventory of bulk items, utilizing soon to expire items quickly, and decreasing overstock of inventory.
• Demonstrates technical skill level in utilizing a variety of pharmaceutical competencies including,
  but not limited to, calculations, aseptic technique and cytotoxic drug properties.

Education, Experience and Certifications:

• High School Diploma/GED- Required.
• 1 year hospital or retail pharmacy experience as applicable (completion of an Accredited Technician training course may substitute for experience)
• Certified Pharmacy Tech (National Pharmacy Technician Certification Board)- Required Active Pharmacy Technician License (Kansas), Certification (Colorado) or Certification (Utah) -Required.
• Working knowledge of computer systems.

Float Requirements:

• Floating may be required to any Common Spirit location within sixty (60) miles of the original assignment location or CommonSpirit-identified “float zone”.
• Float assignments may include duties outside of original assignment job requirements (including skill set) in accordance with Common Spirit policy.