PHARMACY TECH

Margaret Mary Health; Batesville (IN); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Margaret Mary Health in Batesville, IN seeks a Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists with medication distribution, preparation and charging, ensuring drug integrity via QA practices.

Responsibilities include filling automated machines (Omnicell), stocking inventory, handling invoices, and collaborating with the team in a fast-paced hospital setting; weekend/holiday rotation is required.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service skills and ability to work in a team.
• Effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Ability to operate basic office equipment and hospital applications.
• Ability to operate Omnicell and laminar flow hood.

Responsibilities

• Deliver filled orders and input supply orders and charges.
• Fill automated dispensing machines accurately.
• Fill departmental orders.
• Resolve missing doses with investigation.
• Print new label, obtain R.Ph. approval and deliver final product.
• Deliver filled orders to the correct location.
• Answer pharmacy phone per Indiana state requirements.
• Take complete messages with caller details.
• Assist and teach students; communicate with team.
• Refer questions to R.Ph. when needed.
• Suggest safety, accuracy, efficiency improvements.
• Transmit orders to wholesalers or companies.
• Check items received and invoices; apply price stickers.
• Resolve backorder issues with wholesalers.
• Prepare drug invoices for payment and assign account numbers.
• File invoices accurately.
• Prepare for annual inventory and return outdated drugs.
• Restock shelves and Omnicell; stock in unit dispensaries.
• Sterile and non-sterile compounding; maintain IV areas.
• Set up replacements and resupply stock daily.
• Review narcotic stock and compliance with CSM.
• Enter corrections, recharges and credits as needed.
• Complete state mandatory monthly inspections of drug storage areas.
• Maintain daily drug disposition logs and cart fill documents.
• Maintain an active Pharmacy Technician license and patient rights awareness.
• Respect and dignity in end-of-life care; may work at main hospital and Cancer Center.
• Weekend and holiday staffing rotation.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Communication

Multi-tasking

Hospital software

Tools

Omnicell

Laminar flow hood

Job description

Location/Department: Hospital & Oncology Center - Pharmacy

72/pp

Job Summary

The pharmacy technician assists pharmacists in medication distribution, preparation & charging. They ensure integrity of medications by performing routine quality assurance.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Duties/Responsibilities

• Delivering filled orders, inputting supply orders & charges.
• Filling automated dispensing machines accurately.
• Filling departmental orders.
• Resolving missing doses with investigation.
• Printing new label, obtaining R.Ph. approval & delivering final product.
• Delivering filled orders of all types to the correct location.
• Answering phone correctly as pharmacy tech as required by the State of Indiana.
• Taking complete messages including phone numbers & name of caller.
• Teaching and communicating with students.
• Answering questions within Tech scope & knowing when to refer on to R. Ph.
• Communicating ideas or ways of improving safety, accuracy, efficiency.
• Transmitting orders to wholesaler or companies.
• Checking items received, applying price stickers, checking off item on invoice.
• Resolving backorder issues with wholesalers.
• Preparing the drug invoices for payment & assigning account numbers.
• Filing the invoices accurately.
• Sorting & preparing for return outdated drugs.
• Preparing for, taking, & entering the annual inventory.
• Restocking the shelves & drawers.
• Stocking Omnicell.
• Sterile and non-sterile compounding & other duties as assigned.
• Maintaining/cleaning IV areas.
• Replacing stock items used by units.
• Checking & resupplying the stock located in the medication dispensing unit daily.
• Reviewing narcotic stock with pharmacist using CSM.
• Checking narcotic proof of use for accuracy, cosigned wastage & co-signatures if required.
• Returning incorrect sheets for correction & confirming their return to pharmacy.
• Entering corrections, recharges & credits when needed.
• Completing the State required mandatory monthly inspections of all drug storage areas.
• Reviewing, correcting & filing of the daily drug disposition logs & cart fill documents.
• Helping to maintain the high level of departmental dispensing accuracy.
• Maintaining an active Pharmacy Technician license.
• Demonstrates awareness of patient rights.
• Uses respect & dignity when dealing with death and dying.
• May require work at both main hospital and Cancer Center.
• Weekends and holiday staffing is rotated.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong customer service skills & team player.
• Effectively communicates both verbal & written.
• Able to multi-task & prioritize.
• Able to operate basic office equipment & hospital applications.
• Able to operate laminar flow hood or biological safety cabinets, Omnicell or other pharmacy equipment.