Pharmacy Technician Coordinator - Inpatient Sterile Products

University of Connecticut; Farmington (CT); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

University of Connecticut Health Center is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Coordinator for inpatient sterile products at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, CT. The role includes supervising support staff, coordinating IV/chemo admixture workflows, and ensuring regulatory readiness.

Responsibilities include staffing coordination, training, performance evaluations, and liaison with units. Full-time schedule with shifts and on-call as needed.

Qualifications

• Completion of a recognized pharmacy tech program and three (3) years of experience as a registered Pharmacy Technician.
• Must possess and maintain Pharmacy Technician certification through PTCB and CT registration.
• May require travel and a valid driver license.

Responsabilités

• Plan workflow for pharmacy support staff and set priorities.
• Schedule, assign, oversee and review work; maintain procedures.
• Provide staff training and conduct evaluations; ensure quality assurance and regulatory compliance.
• Handle controlled substances receipt, inventory, and security; investigate discrepancies.

Connaissances

Supervisory ability

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Conflict resolution

Mathematical calculations

Pharmacy terminology knowledge

Formation

Pharmacy technician program

PTCB certification

Description du poste

Pharmacy Technician Coordinator - Inpatient Sterile Products, 2027-554

The University of Connecticut Health Center is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at www.ethics.state.ct.us.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These values define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Pharmacy Technician Coordinator to our growing Pharmacy team. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for inpatient pharmacy coordination and acting as a working supervisor of technical pharmacy support staff in the dispensing of prescription medication including but not limited to IV and chemo admixture. This position will AACU Infusion Pharmacist. This position will work in the inpatient pharmacy at the UConn Health John Dempsey Hospital located in Farmington, CT.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Lead Pharmacy Technicians and other lower-level staff assigned to the pharmacy.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Plans pharmacy support staff workflow and determine priorities

Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work

Establishes and maintains pharmacy support staff procedures

Provides staff training and assistance

Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations

Troubleshoot and reconcile service issues

Ensure all pharmacy technicians complete/obtain annual certification/registration

Monitors and participates in maintaining staff competencies

Assist in maintaining regulatory readiness

Acts as liaison with operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures

Participates in ensuring pharmacy quality assurance standards are maintained, and safety related policies and procedures are implemented and followed

Ensures proper receipt and inventory for controlled substances

Analyze daily Compare Report to ensure accurate receipt to designated location

Investigate all controlled substance discrepancy resolutions and non-resolutions

Prepares unresolved discrepancy reports

Monitors filing and storage/security access for controlled substance returns to C2Safe

Assists Pharmacist in Narcotic Drug Control management

Performs electronic reconciliation of drug receipt, e.g. 340B program

Reviews prescription charges for accuracy

Performs Pharmacy Technician duties and related duties as required

ADDITIONAL SITE-SPECIFIC DUTIES

Perform sterile IV compounding in Central Pharmacy on a daily basis as either a full-day assignment or partial shift break coverage

Help to coordinate daily IV area staffing workflow to match change in demand.

Assist AACU Infusion Pharmacist with the following tasks:

Coordinating AACU inventory needs with the purchasing team

Tracking white bag/patient's own medications

Deliver to AACU when staffing requires

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

Knowledge of principles and practices of pharmacy operations

Knowledge of pharmaceutical and medical terms, abbreviations and symbols commonly used in prescribing, dispensing and record keeping of medications

Knowledge of basic chemistry

Knowledge of documentation, quality assurance and security requirements of accrediting bodies

Interpersonal, oral and written communication skills

Ability to perform mathematical calculations

Ability to identify drugs, drug dosages, routes of administration, dosage forms and storage requirements

Ability to utilize computer software

Ability to resolve conflict and mediate

Supervisory ability

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Completion of a recognized pharmacy tech program and three (3) years of experience working as a registered Pharmacy Technician in an acute care hospital or long-term care facility

Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain Pharmacy Technician certification through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Incumbents must possess and maintain CT Pharmacy Technician registration with the Department of Consumer Protection.

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel, possess, and retain a valid motor vehicle driver license

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS SUBSTITUTION ALLOWED

One (1) year of experience in a hospital setting as pharmacy technician may substitute for the completion of a recognized pharmacy technician training program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in the coordination of an inpatient hospital pharmacy, IV and chemo admixture experience

Considerable knowledge of and ability to ensure clean room environments are within control through regulatory monitoring as outlined in USP 797 regulations

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class must be able to stand and/or walk for assigned shift; may have exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases; may be exposed to disagreeable conditions and may be required to do some lifting.

SCHEDULE

Full time, 80 hours every two weeks, primarily 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, other shifts, weekends, holidays, and on-call as assigned, 30-minute unpaid meal break..

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission, academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.