Pharmacy Technician Training Program

Navajo Preference Employment Act


In accordance with Navajo Nation and federal law, TCRHCC has implemented an Affirmative Action Plan pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act. Pursuant to this Plan and corresponding TCRHCC Policy, applicants who meet the necessary qualifications for this position and (1) are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe will be given preference in hiring and employment for this position, (2) are legally married to enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and meet residency requirements will be given secondary preference, and (3) are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.
Overview

POSITION SUMMARY

This position provides services at the TCRHCC main campus. Pharmacy services are provided to ambulatory patients, group home patients, dialysis patients and hospitalized patients. This position involves document-checking, labeling, and quality assurance of medications provided by the Pharmacy. Responsibilities include maintaining a sanitary work environment and patient area, managing, and restocking pharmaceutical inventory. This position promotes continuing education and offset cost for existing and/or incurred educational costs in exchange for a period of obligated service. The position also provides the opportunity for career advancement through tier levels as determined by pharmacy experience and certification. Program is 80 hours in total; refer to CPT Technician Training Program for further details.


Qualifications

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

High school diploma or GED equivalent

Certification:

Upon successful completion of CPT Training Program (Current valid Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) in good standing and maintains continuing education credits as required by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, the Board of Pharmacy, and any other regulatory agencies)

Experience:

Must demonstrate skills in the practical use of electronic systems and database management software and intra-venous preparation skills, and satisfactory sterile technique(s)

Other Skills and Abilities:

A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:

• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints and no prior records of substance abuse
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Articulation skills (writing and verbal)
• Exceptional math skills
• Ability to speak Navajo, Hopi, or San Juan Southern Paiute

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical:

Work involves prolonged periods of standing, sitting, stooping, bending, reaching, walking, twisting, maintaining balance and reaching, frequent kneeling crouching, and occasional driving and climbing. Must have ability to carry drugs, moderate lifting of totes of drugs, charts, and boxes weighing up to 24 pounds daily and occasionally over 100lbs when necessary. Must have ability of simple grasping, firm grasping, fine manipulation of both hands and ability to use the keyboard for a prolonged amount of time. Sensory requirements include far vision, near vision, color vision, depth perception, seeing fine details, hearing normal speech, hearing overhead pages and telephone use.


Mental:

Immediate response to telephone requests, verbal requests. Mental attention and assertiveness are required at all times. The ability and willingness to learn new information is an expectation. Must be able to continuously cope with high levels of stress, make decisions under high pressure, cope with anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm way, manage altercations, concentrate, handle high degree of flexibility, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patient, adapt to shift work, and work in areas that are close and crowded. Must able to accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.


Environmental:

May continually be exposed to infectious diseases, chemical agents, dust, fumes, gases, extremes in temperature or humidity, hazardous or moving equipment, loud noises and occasional unprotected heights.


Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

APPLIES TO PHARMACY TECHNICIAN:

1. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals and performs a variety of complicated tasks, which are outlined below.
2. Routinely inspects assigned drug storage areas monthly to insure proper storage, security and prepares proper documentation.
3. Reviews basic chart screening procedures, which include allergies, and weight/age based dosing information during prescription data entry into Pharmacy Program.
4. Receives and fills orders from the inpatient units, field clinics, etc. with appropriate drugs followed by a final check by the Pharmacist.
5. Types labels, fills outpatient and inpatient prescriptions. Fills inpatient drug orders and discharge medication orders.
6. Must keep records of patient doses and drug mixtures, usually through an electronic filing system, for health and billing purposes.
7. Performs intravenous admixture procedures. Assures the calculation and preparation of hyper-alimentation (Total Parenteral Nutrition) products, anticoagulant, cardio-active, chemotherapy products and other admixtures are properly prepared as required. Prepares labels for all IV's, assure sterile technique and record productivity.
8. Coordinates efforts with nurses and other health professionals to ensure adequate supply levels are always available on the units/wards.
9. Participates in scheduled and organized continuing education programs as conducted by the Pharmacist, Nursing or Medical Staff. Must demonstrate leadership in the work environment, promote harmony and customer service.
10. Ensure proper PPE is worn at all times while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield.
11. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates)
12. Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee, and external customer satisfaction.
13. Performs all other duties as assigned.