Pharmacy Technician

Tohono O'odham Nation Healthcare; Casa Grande (AZ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Tohono O’odham Nation Healthcare is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support the Pharmacy Department. Responsibilities include stocking medications, ordering drugs, and preparing IV admixtures under supervision.

The role involves maintaining inventory, printing labels, and assisting with outpatient consultations; a valid license and background check are required, with potential language considerations for Tohono O’odham and English.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy technician certification preferred.
• Criminal background and FBI fingerprint check required.
• May require valid driver’s license.
• Fluency in Tohono O’odham language and English may be required.
• Knowledge of state and federal pharmacy laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Order drugs from the supply department and stock medications.
• Maintain supplies and inventory levels for pharmacy operations.
• Prepare sterile intravenous admixtures and chemotherapeutic agents.
• Prepackage drugs and print labels for dispensing.
• Routinely call patients to outpatient pharmacy consultation rooms.
• Operate inpatient and outpatient pharmacy computer systems.
• Keep pharmacy and storage areas neat, clean and orderly.
• Contribute to teamwork and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Pharmacy operations

Direct patient services

Intravenous solutions

Pharmaceutical compounding

Drug inventory management

Sterile compounding

Computer systems

Team collaboration

Education

High School diploma or GED

Pharmacy Technician certificate or 1-year experience

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems

Job description

PLEASE NOTE - This position may require temporarily relocation to other TONHC Facilities: Sells Hospital, Santa Rosa Health Center, San Simon Health Center, and San Xavier Health Center.

Position Summary:

The incumbent performs various pharmacy-related duties for the Pharmacy Department, such as maintaining medication supplies, ordering drugs from the supply department, and stocking medications.

Scope of Work:

This position is located in the Tohono O'odham Nation Sells Hospital or Health Care Centers within the service area. Incumbent provides pharmacy services as directed or assigned by a Clinical Pharmacist. The incumbent is under the immediate supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Depending on the area of assignment, an incumbent may not be required to perform some of the duties listed below):

• Order drugs from the supply department, except class II narcotics.
• Responsible for keeping the supply of medications needed on hand.
• Keeps narcotic files on nursing units and emergency room up to date
• Prepare off-schedule drug requisitions as necessary and checks the status of backorder drugs.
• Perform some clerical duties in the absence of clerical staff.
• Responsible for collecting such data as may be required and writing such reports as may be assigned.
• Shelves and stores all incoming drugs and supplies, assuring that all items requiring special handling receive the same and maintain proper stock rotation.
• Provides warehousing activities maximize efficiency, so storage space is used with maximum efficiency per the pharmacy storage plan.
• Stocks and maintains the emergency drug carts by utilizing a prepared checklist.
• Maintain an adequate working shelf stock of drugs in the pharmacy's dispensing area.
• Inventories and maintains the night drug cabinet stock in the emergency room.
• Responsible for maintaining the pharmacies and storage areas in a neat, clean, and orderly condition.
• Independently fills inpatient and outpatient drug requisitions from prepackaged stock containers and original stock containers.
• Check all nursing drug storage areas for expired drugs.
• Prepackage drugs from bulk containers to smaller outpatient dispensing units for use in filling prescriptions.
• Strip packaged medications used in the operation of the inpatient unit dose drug distribution system.
• Responsible for printing all labels used in the prepackaging process.
• Counts and pours drugs used in the filling of a prescription.
• Routinely calls patients to the outpatient pharmacy consultation rooms.
• Prepare sterile intravenous admixtures and chemotherapeutic agents; light checks all intravenous solutions arid admixtures issued through the pharmacy.
• Bulks compound pharmaceutical preparations as such as ointment, solutions, etc.
• Operate inpatient and outpatient pharmacies' computers, the hospital computer system, and PC's.
• Contribute to a team effort.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the Tohono O'odham culture, customs, and traditions.
• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, and techniques of pharmacy to provide direct patient services.
• Knowledge of State and Federal laws and regulations about pharmacy operations.
• Knowledge, or ability to acquire knowledge, pharmaceutical nomenclature metric and apothecary systems of weights and measures, operation of various pharmaceutical apparatus and equipment, compounding techniques, and measurement of ingredients.
• Knowledge of appropriate resource and reference material and their
• Knowledgeable with the trade and generic names of drugs
• Must have the organizational and mathematical ability to prepare intravenous solutions.
• Ability to work independently in accordance with policies and guidelines.
• Ability to communicate with patients regarding the proper administration, use, actions, precautions, and storage of their medications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or General Education Diploma.
• Certificate as a Pharmacy Technician or one-year prior experience as a Pharmacy Technician/Aid.

Licenses, Certifications, Special Requirements:

• Certified Pharmacy Technician preferred.
• Upon recommendation for hire, a criminal background and a National FBI fingerprint check are required to determine suitability for employment, including a 39-month driving record.
• May require possessing and maintaining a valid driver's license (no DUIs or major traffic citations within the last three years).
• If required, must meet the Tohono O'odham Nation tribal employer's insurance requirements to receive a driver's permit to operate program vehicles.
• Based on the department's needs, incumbents may be required to demonstrate fluency in both the Tohono O'odham language and English as a condition of employment.