Job Description
PRN Pharmacy Technician
Sugar Land, Texas Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony (11740)
Category Pharmacy Job ID 97756
Status PRN
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Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony is a surgical hospital in the city of Sugar Land. Specialties and services will include Orthopedic, Spine, Pain Management, General Plastic, and Ear, Nose and Throat surgery. Our mission is to provide first-class services for the local community in a safe, comfortable, and welcoming environment; one in which we would be happy to treat our own families.
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony is a part of United Surgical Partners International (USPI). USPI owns and operates multiple surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgical care centers throughout the United States and London; with headquarter located in Addison, TX.
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital First Colony is currently seeking a Pharmacy Technician in the Pharmacy Department for PRN opportunities. Under the direct supervision of the Director of Pharmacy, the Pharmacy Technician has primary responsibility in stocking daily anesthesia drug boxes, unit dose packaging and maintenance of floor stock, and maintaining appropriate records and charges; assisting in related activities as directed by Director of Pharmacy or CNO in Director's absence.
BENEFITS
Competitive salary and 401(k)
Required Skills:
Position required skills for the Pharmacy Tech include:
- High school graduate
- Must have mathematical ability to calculate dosages and amounts required
- Certification preferred
- Current BLS/CPR
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet needs of patients and the department
- Hospital experience 2-5 years
- Recommended Pyxis and Cerner
Required Experience:
Position qualifications and requirements for the Pharmacy Tech include:
- Makes rounds and delivers labeled medications, controlled substances and pharmaceutical supplies
- Monitors the accurate documentation on the Controlled Substances Administration Log on the patient care areas
- Answers telephone and provides information as requested or refers questions to appropriate personnel
- Interprets physicians' orders and enters into the computer system
- Generates labels and fills drug orders according to physicians' orders
- Refills medication carts with accuracy and exchanges medication cubicles as per schedule
- Responsible for unit-dose packaging the bulk medications into unit of use, and accurate documentation of the function
- Fills drug replacement orders to various departments accurately and maintains par levels
- Returns drug credits to pharmacy stock
- Assists in processing discharges and issuing credit, if necessary on all returned drugs
- Stocks shelves and notes any drugs that will be expiring or in need of ordering
- Assists with the initiation, development, maintenance, and execution of rules and regulations pertaining to the professional policies set by the Pharmacy Department
- Assists in keeping all work areas clean, neat, and orderly
- Attains/maintains knowledge of the pharmacy computer system from the standpoint of a user of the system
- Performs other related duties as assigned
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Sugar Land, TX |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.uspi.com/ |
About Company
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.
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