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Pharmacy Tech

Category:  Pharmacy
Department:  Pharmacy
Status:  Part Time
Schedule:  Evenings 5-10 p.m.
Description: 

Minimum Qualifications to Apply:  High School Diploma or GED.  One year of pharmacy experience OR graduate of certified training program.

Job Summary:  Assists the Pharmacist by filling physician orders for medications for oral, rectal, topical and injectable use; mixes IV admixture solutions as required using aseptic technique in the Laminar Air Flow Hood; type’s labels, prepares and files charge slips and performs other related duties.

General Responsibilities:

 
  • Assists the Pharmacist in providing medication, drug information and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians and other hospital personnel.
  • Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures.
  • Maintains inventory of supplies and reorders them accordingly.
  • Assists in filling prescriptions.
  • Processes records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers, computes charges and either enters them into the computer or forwards them to Information Systems.
  • Prepares select reports and MARs.
  • Receives and stores incoming deliveries of medication and supplies.
  • Participates in departmental and organizational performance improvement and CQI activities.
  • Assists the Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care for patients ranging in age from newborn to the elderly. Must be able to identify and understand that there are dosage variations between newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, and know to consult with the Pharmacist if any doubts or questions arise.
  • Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
  • Maintains the Pharmacy Department in a clean and orderly manner.
  • Performs other pharmacy-related duties as requested or required.
  • Demonstrates ability to calculate figures and amounts relating to dosage calculations when filing various prescriptions ranging from the newborn to the elderly populations.
  • Demonstrates ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral and diagram form.
  • Demonstrates ability to deal with problems involving several variables in particular situations.
  • Recognizes inappropriate dosing based on available dosage forms for various age groups.

  • Assists the Pharmacist in providing medication, drug information and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians and other hospital personnel.
  • Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures.
  • Maintains inventory of supplies and reorders them accordingly.
  • Assists in filling prescriptions.
  • Processes records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers, computes charges and either enters them into the computer or forwards them to Information Systems.
  • Prepares select reports and MARs.
  • Receives and stores incoming deliveries of medication and supplies.
  • Participates in departmental and organizational performance improvement and CQI activities.
  • Assists the Pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care for patients ranging in age from newborn to the elderly. Must be able to identify and understand that there are dosage variations between newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, and know to consult with the Pharmacist if any doubts or questions arise.
  • Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
  • Maintains the Pharmacy Department in a clean and orderly manner.
  • Performs other pharmacy-related duties as requested or required.
  • Demonstrates ability to calculate figures and amounts relating to dosage calculations when filing various prescriptions ranging from the newborn to the elderly populations.
  • Demonstrates ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instruction furnished in written, oral and diagram form.
  • Demonstrates ability to deal with problems involving several variables in particular situations.
  • Recognizes inappropriate dosing based on available dosage forms for various age groups.

Demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:

  • Demonstrates knowledge and skill ensuring that pharmaceutical preparations are sterile, properly packaged, labeled and stored, and not outdated.
  • Ensures compliance with USP <797>.
  • Low-risk compounding:
  • The applicable media-fill test will be performed and passed annually, after the initial training and media-fill test is completed and passed.
  • Medium-risk compounding:
  • The applicable media-fill test will be performed and passed annually, after the initial training and media-fill test is completed and passed.
  • High-risk compounding:
  • The applicable media-fill test will be performed and passed semi-annually, after the initial training and media-fill test is completed and passed.



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