Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Outpatient Infusion (Infusion/Oncology Exp preferred)

Pharmacy Technician Specialist

The Pharmacy Technician Specialist assists pharmacists in providing drug distribution, technical services, and clinical services associated with the preparation, storage, and dispensing of pharmaceuticals. The Pharmacy Technologist Specialist has advanced skills in a specialty area and works in a campus-level or system-level capacity.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs the job functions and duties of Senior Pharmacy Technologist when needed.
• Collects data and analyzes complex information and prepares precise written summaries, reports, and/or recommendations for a variety of purposes for pharmacy leadership as appropriate or as directed.
• Assists with the maintenance of policies and standard operating procedures for area of specialty to ensure the pharmacy department meets all legal, accreditation, and certification requirements
• Completes documentation and maintains records according to established policies and procedures
• Clinical Services
• Works to improve patient outcomes by ensuring patients receive the safest and most effective medication regimen
• Gathers clinical information on patients and conducts medication histories
• Provides medication dispensing for patient's diagnosis, weight, and age
• Provides specialized drug delivery for related new drugs or technologies
• Provides education and counseling about the drug cost and financial assistance
• Ensures compliance with medication safety standards for clinical specialty area
• Provide pharmacy support to patients who are forced to use external pharmacies for their care, including helping patients troubleshoot issues with getting their prescriptions filled
• Provides support and is a resource for clinical pharmacy services and the clinical pharmacists
• Tracks completion of unit audits, pharmacist monthly reports, and goals
• Supports functions of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee including preparation of meeting materials
• Coordinates in-services, events, and meetings including conference room management
• Supports pharmacist provision of in-person or telephonic/video-telehealth medication therapy management (MTM) services, drug therapy management (DTM) services, and immunization clinics
• Assists with the preparation and completion of staff skill and competency assessments
• Hazardous Compounding
• Prepares complex hazardous sterile compounded IV products according to established procedures, and safety protocols
• Prepares hazardous non-sterile extemporaneous compounded products according to established procedures, and safety protocols
• Ensures compliance with USP 800 and medication safety standards for compounding environments
• Assists with environmental and personnel sampling and testing

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School or equivalent
• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP)
• Three (3) years of technician experience with one (1) year of professional work experience in a related field of specialty
• OR
• One (1) year of pharmacy technician experience and an associate or bachelor's degree in a directly related field of specialty

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate or bachelor's degree in a directly related field of specialty
• ACPE approved IV (sterile products) certification
• Infusion/Oncology experience strongly preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Has advanced skills in area of specialty.
• Must have current knowledge of safety regulations in the department and in the implementation of new policies and procedures.
• Proficient knowledge of operating system software, desktop applications such as excel, power point, etc., interfaces, and pharmacy information system applications as they relate to the automated dispensing machines.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and solve problems.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Communicates effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, work well under pressure, take initiative, and be flexible and cooperative.
• Able to spend most of the day standing, walking, or bending. Able to sit, stand, walk, bend, stoop, pull, reach, push up to 50 lbs., and regularly and occasionally lift 0-30 lbs.

Equipment

Standard office equipment and pharmacy equipment.

Environment

• Standard pharmacy environment.
• Working with the public.
• Work with chemotherapy and other bio-hazardous agents
• Working weekends and shift rotations when applicable.
• May be required to work overtime and extended shifts during emergencies.
• May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing & non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients or others.

Compensation