Pharmacy Technician I

Inpatient Pharmacy Technician

Performs pharmacy technician duties in hospital inpatient pharmacy. Performs a wide variety of tasks under direct pharmacist supervision. The technician provides excellent customer service to caregivers and patients, is involved in most aspects of the pharmacy, including medication preparation and distribution, all aspects of inventory management, and quality assurance activities, including direct participation in USP 797/800 Sterile Compounding compliance standards (when required by location). Compounds sterile medications under immediate pharmacist supervision (when required by location). Technicians work with the pharmacist to ensure that all daily functions are performed efficiently and accurately ensuring quality of patient care in accordance with hospital standards and New York State law. They provide a wide variety of services for a smooth operation and efficiently functioning pharmacy department.

Responsibilities include:

• Participates fully in medication distribution to patients, stock areas, and clinics.
• Assists in the process of unit dose medication distribution to all inpatients under the supervision of a pharmacist
• Refill and maintain automated dispensing system including monitoring and rotation of expiring medications and routine maintenance of the devices.
• Effectively utilizes electronic clinic inventory system to accurately and efficiently prepare stock orders for clinics and health centers.
• Packages unit dose medications including the preparation of complete and accurate medication labels.
• Monitors patients own medications and assures proper handling.
• Participates effectively to ensure that the department continues to be an efficient member of the healthcare team
• Willingly assists Pharmacists as requested.
• Works cooperatively and within departmental standards within the Inpatient Pharmacy department and with other departments.
• Quickly and calmly answers phones and directs calls according to departmental policy.
• Willingly assists in the training of new pharmacy technicians.
• Treats all customers, co-workers, and staff with courtesy and respect as observed by supervisor.
• Relays inventory needs to appropriate person or initiates ordering as required
• Consistently monitors medication and supply inventory in pharmacy, storerooms, and IV room and utilizes departmental ordering processes to ensure continuous supply availability.
• Consistently and fully participates in departmental quality assurance and quality improvement processes.
• Performs daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning and disinfecting procedures in the sterile and non-sterile compounding areas (as required by location).
• Consistently and accurately utilizes personal protective equipment in accordance with departmental policy (as required by location)
• Consistently handles hazardous medications in accordance with departmental policies.
• Regularly monitors for expired and/or unusable medications in pharmacy and hospital.
• Consistently and accurately documents quality assurance tasks.
• Follows departmental policy for removal, waste, and segregation of unusable medications.
• Identifies and escalates non-conformities and occurrences in the pharmacy department and hospital.
• Purchasing and Receiving Duties; assists with and/or directly performs the purchasing, receiving and inventory control functions for the Inpatient Pharmacy Department in order to meet the medication needs of all patients. Orders appropriately; assuring correct storage and maintaining adequate inventory.
• Performs similar or related duties as requested or directed