Pharmacy Technician - St. Vincent's Birmigham Location

Summary

The pharmacy technician performs an essential role in the preparation, compounding, dispensing, and distribution of sterile and nonsterile hazardous medications in the ambulatory oncology setting, including handling hazardous waste, documentation, and inventory management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Technician is responsible for ensuring safe preparation and dispensing of intravenous hazardous and non-hazardous medications.
• Technician should practice correct usage of PPE, including compliance with regulatory requirements mandating PPE be donned across all aspects of hazardous drug handling.
• Technicians should play a role in embracing CSTDs for the preparation of hazardous medications, including involvement in the evaluation process and familiarity with regulatory standards.
• Technicians shall be fully trained in the storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous drugs per employer, state, and national guidelines; this training shall occur before preparing or handling hazardous preparations and the effectiveness of the training should be verified by testing specific techniques. All training should be documented, and competency should be reassessed and documented at least every 12 months.
• Technicians should be trained on hazardous drug exposure and spill control, including treatment of individuals accidentally exposed to hazardous medications and on the disposal of hazardous medications.Technicians may aid in CADD pump preparation upon demonstration of competency.
• Technicians should support multiple aspects of investigational drug management, including inventory, information and record keeping, and preparation of investigational products for dispensing.
• Technicians should minimize medication waste through monitoring compliance with policies and procedures including dose rounding and optimizing drug use through schedule coordination.
• Pharmacy technicians should carry out daily purchasing activities and assist with vendors, group purchasing organizations, and manufacturer contracts.
• Technicians should promote inventory control strategies, including minimization of expired products, promotion of adequate medication turnover, and alignment with product‑line purchasing, to ensure inventory control management of high‑cost items while reducing overall stock supplies.
• When receiving products, pharmacy technicians should employ special precautions for hazardous substances and ensure fidelity of drug product specific shipping and handling requirements.
• Technicians should contribute to drug shortage management, including managing purchasing strategies and investigating procurement of alternative products.
• Technicians should leverage information technology resources to improve quality and efficiency of Alabama Oncology, including preparation of reports from clinical and automation systems to facilitate organizational, departmental, and individual decision making.
• Technicians should evaluate monitoring for equipment and storage facilities based on current standard operating protocols for continued fidelity checks of equipment for medication storage, compounding, and delivery.

Education, Experience, and Licensure

• Must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician at the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy.
• Understanding and demonstrating proper aseptic technique as outlined in USP <797> and USP <800> .
• Compounding and dispensing hazardous medications is highly preferred.
• Technicians may attain the necessary knowledge base in a variety of ways, ranging from on‑the‑job training to online or publication‑based training, employer‑based structured didactic learning, and formalized study with programs that have proper accreditation status.
• Must obtain 3 hours of continuing education; one hour of which is subject to a live credit hour. Technicians can receive CE credit for any CE hour that is either approved by the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (ABOP) or Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education‑Technician (ACPE‑T).

Company Benefits

• Family/Work balance Monday - Friday work schedule
• Company Holidays
• Company Vacation
• Excellent Medical with vision included.
• Excellent Dental
• Free parking

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