Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Cancer Pavilion

Henry Ford Health; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health in Detroit, MI invites applications for a Pharmacy Technician focused on medications requiring special handling, preparation, and accountability. The role works under pharmacist supervision to process orders, prepare chemotherapeutic agents, and maintain accurate dispensing records.

Qualified candidates will have a Michigan Pharmacy Technician license and at least one year of relevant experience, with the ability to perform record-keeping, calculations, and aseptic processing

Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or G.E.D.
• Requires a valid Pharmacy Technician license from the State of Michigan.
• Requires at least one year of experience as a Hospital Pharmacy Technician and/or Retail Pharmacy Technician.
• Requires the ability to maintain records and perform calculations.
• Must be able to safely handle cytotoxic and other special drugs and work aseptically in a vertical flow hood.
• Must be able to maintain Investigational Drug Research Records and validate doses ordered using Investigational Drug Protocols.
• Must be able to maintain (lift, carry, stock) pharmacy inventory and deliver prescriptions to nursing units.
• Must have the ability to use a computer keyboard and type approximately 25 WPM.
• Must be able to read, interpret and utilize literature relating to medications that require special handling to develop departmental protocols.

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the pharmacist, prepares and pre-packages chemotherapy medications and/or other medications requiring special handling, preparation or accountability.
• Reads and transcribes prescription orders and prepares prescription labels for medication dispensed.
• Maintains appropriate records of medications dispensed.
• Prepares preliminary drug therapy monitoring forms for use by pharmacists in assessing drug treatment.
• Restocks the drug dispensing areas and maintains the cleanliness and aseptic conditions of the Class II Vertical Flow Hood and/or other required equipment.
• Assists in preparing and presenting programs and protocols involving proper handling of chemotherapeutic and/or other medications that require special handling, preparation or accountability.
• Assists in training hospital personnel in the safe handling of chemotherapeutic and/or other special agents.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Job Description

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Works under the supervision of a pharmacist to process orders for medications that require special handling, preparation and/or accountability. The technician has and maintains expertise and skill in the safe handling and use of medications which require special handling, preparation and/or accountability.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under the supervision of the pharmacist, prepares and pre-packages chemotherapy medications and/or other medications requiring special handling, preparation or accountability.
• Reads and transcribes prescription orders and prepares prescription labels for medication dispensed.
• Maintains appropriate records of medications dispensed.
• Prepares preliminary drug therapy monitoring forms for use by pharmacists in assessing drug treatment.
• Restocks the drug dispensing areas and maintains the cleanliness and aseptic conditions of the Class II Vertical Flow Hood and/or other required equipment.
• Assists in preparing and presenting programs and protocols involving proper handling of chemotherapeutic and/or other medications that require special handling, preparation or accountability.
• Assists in training hospital personnel in the safe handling of chemotherapeutic and/or other special agents.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Requires a high school diploma or G.E.D.
• Requires a valid Pharmacy Technician license from the State of Michigan.
• Requires at least one year of experience as a Hospital Pharmacy Technician and/or Retail Pharmacy Technician (retail experience applies only to medication history positions.
• Requires the ability to maintain records and perform calculations.
• Must have the ability, when applicable, to safely handle and manipulate cytotoxic and other special drugs and incidental equipment used in drug preparation, including the ability to work aseptically in a vertical flow hood environment.
• Must have the ability, when applicable, to maintain Investigational Drug Research Records and to validate doses ordered using Investigational Drug Protocols.
• Must have the ability to maintain (lift, carry, stock) pharmacy inventory and deliver prescriptions (transport) to nursing units.
• Must have the ability to use a computer keyboard and type approximately 25 WPM.
• Must be able to read, interpret and utilize literature relating to medications that require special handling, preparation or accountability to develop or modify, in consultation with a supervising pharmacist, departmental protocols pertaining to the use of these agents.