Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient)

Pharmacy Technician

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1. For unit-dose medications, performs final review of medication when prepared by another technician, to be dispensed to inpatient areas (med-carts, ward stock), and/or fills unit-dose carts independently without secondary review when necessary
2. Prepares inpatient drug orders including all medicinal dosage forms such as, intravenous admixtures, oral solids, etc., according to established procedures and protocols
3. Inventories and replenish emergency carts
4. Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as required
5. Operates and maintains complicated pharmacy equipment such as unit dose prepackaging machines, automatic dispensing machines, IV compounding machines and other pharmacy devices
6. Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile). This includes calculating and converting to proper weights and measures the amount of drug or solution to be used
7. Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution
8. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention
9. Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action teams and continually seek to improve services
10. Maintains, verifies, stocks, and replaces outdates in patient care area automated machines
11. Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines
12. Compounds sterile products for use in inpatient and outpatient areas of the hospital
13. Maintains a clean environment for compounding sterile products

Preferred Experience: Inpatient Pharmacy Experience Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Work Schedule: Full-time - Rotational - 7:00am - 3:30pm or 8:00am - 4:30pm, off tour assignments, subject to the needs of the service

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized: Not Authorized