Travel Pharmacy Tech (712) 10:30PM-7:00AM/13 WEEKS

Pharmacy Technician

We are looking for a technician that has IV training and is IV competent.

Hospital: Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Location: Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Address: 333 Borthwick Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801 - Unit Name: Pharmacy

Building: Main building - Cost Center: 71201

General Information

Unit Specifics: Number of Beds: 240 generally we run 170-200 for a census. We are a level II trauma Center the pharmacy is opened 24 hours daily

Type of equipment: IV compounding Laminar Flow Hood; Glove Box; Meditech Expanse; Pyxis

Documentation system: Meditech Expanse' IV compounding 360 Software

Floating policy: No floating only in pharmacy

Patient Experience requirements: minimal to none

Hospital Specifics:

Certifications: NH state license and national certification

Hiring profile

Requested Skill Set:

Must have: Good communication skills will be talking to nursing staff and other licensed staff that call into the pharmacy; basic technician experience filling pyxis machines, picking medications for the pyxis machines; basic computer skills for prepacking medications; logging into Meditech Expanse. Very fast paced environment.

Advanced skills needed: IV training would be great or a candidate that would be willing to learn IV sterile compounding.

Procedures performed on unit:

In the pharmacy: Distribution tasks include but not limited: picking and delivering medications to Pyxis machines; answering phones; taking missing med technician on imobile device during shift for rapid communication with nursing staff; prepacking medications into unit dose containers. Emptying return bins with another technician on designated locations daily; station inspections; checking for outdates in the pharmacy; returning medications to stock; helping put away medication delivery orders from the wholesaler

Certifications Required: National Technician Certification

Dress Code:

Hospital scrubs or personal scrubs plain shirts no writing or endorsements; sturdy closed toe shoes- i.e. sneakers, casual shoes) lots of walking

Unit Guidelines/Policies:

Follow hospital policies

Awards/Recognition:

The pharmacy team is a very close group of staff that have a combination of some very longterm employees- > 20 years to our newest employees which came out of our residency program last year. We do have a PGY1 residency program, which we generally have 2 residents per year- through our residents we do offer some CE programs for our staff including our technicians. All of our staff are highly motivated and all contribute to the success of our department. The pharmacists are decentralized so they are out on the nursing units daily with a core staff in the pharmacy. I try to work with my staff to create a good work- life balance relationship. We do some team building monthly and we also participate and many activities the hospital provides- i.e. Christmas parade; craft fair; adopt a family for Christmas; food drives, etc. We also try to do outside activities as a team the last one was Haunted overload at Halloween.