Pharmacy Technician (1809)

Home Life Healthcare Corp.; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Life Healthcare Corp. is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to assist under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

You will help prepare medications with sterile compounding, maintain the compounding area and equipment, and monitor inventory while facilitating shipment or delivery to patients and providers. Responsibilities include assisting with labeling, aseptic preparation of sterile products, verifying delivery accuracy, and performing quality control tasks in compliance with P&Ps.

Qualifications

• One year of IV compounding experience or training.
• Maintains compounding area and equipment according to policies.
• Maintains pharmacy records and dispensing logs.

Responsibilities

• Assists pharmacist in maintaining laws, accrediting standards, and P&Ps.
• Performs IV admixtures sterility testing and documentation.
• Assists in preparation and labeling of medications as allowed by law.
• Prepares sterile parenterals using aseptic technique and pharmacist checks.
• Assembles drugs and supplies by matching codes from compounding documents.
• Labels products correctly and checks for particulate matter and container integrity.
• Ensures compounded products are matched to correct delivery prior to shipping.
• Conducts quality control and sterility testing.
• Maintains appropriate inventory levels and orders/receives meds and supplies.
• Performs physical inventories and maintains dispensing records.

Skills

IV compounding

Pharmacy procedures

Documentation

Communication

Education

High School diploma or GED

Pharmacy Technician certification

Job description

Job Summary:

Under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist, the technician helps to prepare medications with sterile compounding, maintains the compounding area and equipment, and monitors inventory. Also facilitating the shipment or delivery of medications to patients and providers.

Job Duties:

• Assists the pharmacist in maintaining federal, state and local laws, accrediting body standards, and Policies and Procedures (P&Ps).
• Performs IV admixtures sterility testing in accordance with policy, maintains appropriate documentation.
• Assists the pharmacists in the preparation and labeling of medications as allowed by law.
• Prepares sterile parenterals following appropriate aseptic technique and obtaining required checks by pharmacists and
• Appropriate assembly of drugs and supplies by matching codes and quantities from the compounding document,
• Correct labeling of product,
• Checking the final product for the absence of particulate matter and container integrity and
• Ensuring compounded product gets matched to the right delivery just prior to shipping.
• Conducts quality control and sterility testing.
• Assists the pharmacist in maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
• Orders, receives and stores medications and supplies.
• Performs physical inventories according to (P&Ps).
• Maintains pharmacy records including filing and documenting required information on dispensing records.
• Maintains and tracks DME and other equipment including cleaning and calibration activities.
• Cleans work areas routinely in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Communicates appropriately with all members of the healthcare team.
• Documents appropriately according to AristaCare P&Ps, all activities using required paperwork (logs).
• Participates in Performance Improvement and Quality Assurance activities education programs and department/branch meetings.
• Serves as Process Owner as assigned.
• Responsible for completing all mandatory and regulatory training programs
• Perform other duties as assigned

Educational Requirements:

• Minimum: High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred: Pharmacy Technician or related certification

Experience:

• One year of IV compounding experience and/or training' or equivalent combination of education and experience