Position Summary:
Under the leadership of the Director, Pharmacy, the Pharmacy Technician – Certified is an active member of the department that assists the Pharmacy staff in the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The Pharmacy Technician – Certified helps with prescriptions, delivery of medications, answering the phone, stocking shelves. The Tech maintains inventory of pharmacy supplies and submits reorders as needed.
Basic Qualifications:
Requires a high school diploma or a GED state certification.
Requires up to one year of work-related experience or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Licensure, Registrations & Certifications:
Requires and maintains a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPT) registration.
Requires and maintains a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance.
Motor vehicle report required upon hire and reviewed annually.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Assists the pharmacist in providing medication, drug information and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
- Assists in filing prescriptions using unit dose medications and basic compounding.
- Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic technique.
- Performs dosage calculations filling various prescriptions including IV antibiotics and fluids for patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric.
- Processes records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers. Computers charge and either enters them into the computer or forwards them to the business office.
- Maintains data, generates reports and provides the compiled information to other departments.
- Receives and places supplies on shelves, tagging and pricing each item according to directions and processes all related paperwork.
- Manages and rotates inventory within the pharmacy and on nursing units.
- Processes patient charges for pharmaceuticals using the Pharmacy charging system.
- Reconciles medication stores including controlled substances.
- Receives, inventories and stores patient home medications.
- Maintains the Pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner.
- Transports drugs and medications to the Nursing Home or other off-site locations, picks up or returns drugs or medications from supplier locations as needed.
- Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments of the organization.
- Complies with CRHS and department safety, infection control and performance improvement initiatives and sterile procedures, ensuring the delivery of products and services.
- Presents a professional image to CRHS nursing, and medical staff members.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.