Inpatient Pharmacy Technician — Night Shift

Rochester Regional Health; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Rochester General Hospital invites applications for a Certified Pharmacy Technician in the Inpatient Pharmacy department. You will support pharmacists by triaging calls, preparing medication orders, filling prescriptions, restocking supplies, and assisting with unit-dose packaging in a fast-paced hospital setting.

The role includes IV aseptic technique support, narcotics handling, medication labeling, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure accurate dispensing and timely delivery of meds

Responsibilities

• Properly operate the EMR System (Electronic Medical Record)
• Rounds to the floors accurately and promptly to deliver medications.
• Recognize medication names and medical abbreviations.
• Ability to use the pharmacy information system to run reports and access basic knowledge of medication data.
• Prepack bulk medicines by taking bulk medication and repackaging into individual, unit-dose, size packaging.
• Non-sterile compounding and preparation of oral liquids, creams, and ointments in a clean environment.
• Fill patient orders with prescribed medications, while completing appropriate documentation and affixing patient information labels.
• Fill various emergency boxes and properly document.
• Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery.
• Proper handling of narcotics.
• Proper disposal of medication according to hospital guidelines and maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• IV Room - Knowledge of and proper practice of "Aseptic" technique.
• Add measured drugs or nutrients to intravenous solutions under sterile conditions to prepare intravenous (IV) packs under pharmacist supervision.
• Transfer medication from vials to the appropriate number of sterile, disposable syringes, using aseptic techniques.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
• Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
• Perform clerical work in medical settings.
• Knowledge of medications well enough to recognize errors, misprints, or medications that may be contraindicated with each other.
• Possess advanced knowledge of the ADM (Automatic Dispensing Machine) and have the ability to troubleshoot and repair when necessary.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives such as safety and/or help identifying methods or ideas to improve upon current practices.
• Assists in training new hires.
• Advanced knowledge of IV procedures.
• Batch medication/narcotic drip.
• Order supplies.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Additional Ambulatory Pharmacy Responsibilities:
• Consistently, promptly, and courteously assist/wait on customers, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Obtain all necessary personal, medical (allergies/conditions), and insurance information from the patient. Record information on the prescription and enter appropriate information into the pharmacy computer.
• Pursuant to the pharmacist's order and designated work area, assist in filling patient prescriptions for pharmacist verification.
• Pulls or procures drug product and original prescription, counts and assesses reorder status.
• Receives requests for refills through automated process and otherwise (phone), and ensures proper requested information is processed and communicated to pharmacists courteously.
• Compiles prescription hard copies in numerical order and files on a daily basis.
• Keeps a clean, uncluttered work environment. Cleans shelves and storage areas routinely.
• Has thorough knowledge of the "wholesaler" computer system. Ability to compile and send orders, receive confirmation, assess availability of product (backorders, etc.), and follow through with communication to staff members for problems.
• Assists in checking in the pharmaceutical orders, verifying invoices/packing slips with pharmacy order, stickers drug products/supplies and places them into stock. Maintains adequate supplies (dispensing bottles, computer labels, bags, Medela products, necessary pharmacy billing and signature logs, etc.)
• Completes "Return to stock" task, based on current schedule in pharmacy, and reports information to accounts manager.
• Monthly checks of the drug inventory for outdated drugs, removes and logs items in the designated returns area. CIIs are logged out of the inventory log first, then removed to the designated return area and logged again.
• Periodically throughout the day, assesses cash register for appropriate change and retrieves as needed from cashier's office.
• Balances the cash register at the end of the day, count back down to $50, and make a daily dep

Job description

Rochester General Hospital invites applications for a Certified Pharmacy Technician in the Inpatient Pharmacy department. You will support pharmacists by triaging calls, preparing medication orders, filling prescriptions, restocking supplies, and assisting with unit-dose packaging in a fast-paced hospital setting.

The role includes IV aseptic technique support, narcotics handling, medication labeling, and collaboration with nursing staff to ensure accurate dispensing and timely delivery of meds