Oncology Pharmacy Technician: Specialized Chemotherapy Prep

Henry Ford Health; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford Health, based in Detroit, seeks an Advanced Pharmacy Technician for the Cancer Pavilion to support pharmacists in processing orders requiring special handling, preparation, and accountability.

The role focuses on preparing chemotherapy medications, transcribing orders, maintaining records, and ensuring aseptic conditions. Requires a high school diploma or GED, Michigan license, and 1+ year of hospital/retail pharmacy experience.

Qualifications

• > Requires a high school diploma or GED.
• > 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.
• > Ability to maintain records and perform calculations.
• > Ability to safely handle cytotoxic drugs and work aseptically.
• > Ability to use a computer and type ~25 WPM.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of a pharmacist, prepares and pre-packages chemotherapy meds and other meds requiring special handling.
• Reads and transcribes prescription orders and prepares medication labels.
• Maintains records of medications dispensed.
• Prepares drug therapy monitoring forms for pharmacists.
• Restocks dispensing areas and maintains aseptic conditions of the hood.

Skills

Calculations

Record keeping

Aseptic technique

Chemotherapy handling

Typing (25 WPM)

Education

High school diploma or GED

State of Michigan Pharmacy Technician license

1+ year hospital/retail pharmacy technician experience

Tools

Vertical Flow Hood

Job description

Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Cancer Pavilion

• Full-time
• Job Type: Full Time

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.

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.

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.

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