Pharmacy Technician

Charleston Area Medical Center; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Charleston Area Medical Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist pharmacists in daily operations and patient care outcomes. You will enter physician orders into the pharmacy system, prepare medication orders, and label unit doses with accurate dosing and routes of administration.

You will also handle sterile and non-sterile products, restock cabinets, manage floor stock, and support inventory control while maintaining quality documentation across the health system.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Formalized Training in Pharmacy Technology required.
• Experience: None (not required).

Responsibilities

• Basic order entry of physician orders into the pharmacy computer system.
• Prepares patient specific medication orders for dispensing with appropriate doses and routes.
• Re-package and label unit doses and complete quality documentation.
• Prepare sterile products where applicable using sterile technique.
• Handle, store and deliver medications considering their properties.
• Deliver medications via 24-hour cart exchange when applicable.
• Restock automated dispensing cabinets and prepare floor stock orders.
• Demonstrate telephone communication skills.
• Prepare non-sterile products using departmental procedures.
• Perform drug purchasing and inventory control tasks and maintain documentation.
• Complete quality monitoring for medications across the health-system.
• Demonstrate problem solving for workflow and system improvements.
• Prepare controlled substance orders for cabinet delivery where applicable.

Skills

Telephone communication

Problem solving

Inventory control

Pharmacy computer system

Automated dispensing cabinets

Education

Formalized Training in Pharmacy Technology

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Pharmacy computer system

Automated dispensing cabinets

Job description

Under the supervision of a pharmacist, assist with or perform tasks so that pharmacists may focus on improving patient care and therapeutic outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Basic order entry of physician orders into the pharmacy computer system.
• Prepares patient specific medication orders for dispensing, utilizing equipment and automation the department has to support the process. Medications are prepared using appropriate medication doses, routes of administration and dosage forms.
• Re-package and label unit doses from a bulk supply of medication and accurately complete quality documentation associated with the process.
• Where applicable, prepare sterile products utilizing appropriate sterile technique.
• Handle, store and deliver medications and other chemicals providing due consideration to their chemical and physical properties.
• Delivers medication via 24-hour cart exchange when applicable.
• Restocks automated dispensing cabinets and prepares and delivers floor stock orders where applicable.
• Demonstrate appropriate telephone communication skills.
• Where applicable, prepare non-sterile products, ointments, creams and solutions (topical, oral, rectal) using appropriate departmental procedures.
• Perform the basic functions of drug purchasing and inventory control defined as inventory re-stock levels, check in medication shipments, retrieve medications from storage areas, billing, filing of invoices and required documentation and record keeping. Participates in inventory control management.
• Complete quality monitoring for medications in the department and patient care areas throughout the health-system.
• Demonstrate problem solving skills with respect to work-flow and system improvement by working and cooperating with peers.
• Where applicable, prepare controlled substance orders for batch delivery to automated cabinets as well as patient specific orders for controlled substances.

Other Information

The employee must possess/obtain (by the end of the orientation period) and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment or care as defined by the department’s identified patient ages. Specifically the employee must be able to demonstrate competency in: 1) ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs; 2) knowledge of growth and development; and 3) understanding of the range of treatment needed by the patients.

Competency Statement

Must demonstrate competency through an initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to independently perform tasks and additional duties as specified in the job description and the unit/department specific competency checklist.

Common Duties and Responsibilities

(Essential duties common to all positions)

1. Maintain and document all applicable required education.
2. Demonstrate positive customer service and co-worker relations.
3. Comply with the company's attendance policy.
4. Participate in the continuous, quality improvement activities of the department and institution.
5. Perform work in a cost effective manner.
6. Perform work in accordance with all departmental pay practices and scheduling policies, including but not limited to, overtime, various shift work, and on-call situations.
7. Perform work in alignment with the overall mission and strategic plan of the organization.
8. Follow organizational and departmental policies and procedures, as applicable.
9. Perform related duties as assigned.

Education

• * High School Diploma or GED in

Experience: None

• * Formalized Training in Pharmacy Technology