Pharmacy Technician I - South (ECB)

Saint Francis Health System; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma seeks a part-time Pharmacy Technician for the South Campus. The ECB position requires flexibility to cover days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays as needed. In this role you will prepare, label and dispense medications, stock ADCs, and support pharmacy operations.

Minimum education is a High School Diploma or GED with an Oklahoma Technician license. 0–6 months hospital/retail experience or completion of a technician program is acceptable.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Oklahoma Pharmacy Board Technician License in good standing required.
• 0–6 months hospital or retail pharmacy experience or completion of Pharmacy Technician program.

Responsibilities

• Retrieves, packages and labels medications.
• Stock ADC with standard and patient-specific meds using barcode tech.
• Verify medications with a pharmacist prior to delivery.
• Assist with sterile and hazardous compounding under supervision.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Time management

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Oklahoma Pharmacy Board Technician License

Tools

Pharmacy software

ADC stocking

Barcode technology

Pharmacy inventory systems

Data entry

Job description

South Campus - Hospital

Part time

JR32245

This position is ECB status – requires a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department; limited benefit offerings.

Variable

Schedule Requirements: This is an ECB position. Team members in this role must maintain flexible availability and be able to work days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays as needed to support departmental staffing requirements. Hours and shift assignments will vary based on operational needs.

Job Summary: The Pharmacy Technician retrieves, packages and labels oral solid, liquid, topical, rectal, injectable and premixed IV medications, phone calls, computer communications, medication delivery, automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) stocking, unit dose packaging, medication storage area inspection and customer service. The Pharmacy Technician may compound non-sterile, sterile and hazardous medications.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or GED.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: State of Oklahoma Pharmacy Board Technician License in good standing required.

Work Experience: 0 - 6 months experience in a hospital or retail pharmacy or successful completion of Pharmacy Technician program.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Working knowledge of pharmacy computer software including medication reordering, ADC's (automated dispensing cabinets), unit-dose packaging and pharmacy inventory retrieval systems. Effective interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Ability to prioritize and organize work in an effective and efficient manner. Ability to be detail-oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data. Ability to type or perform data entry.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Delivers medication ensuring it is secured until delivered to the requesting care giver or loaded into the appropriate ADC. Ensures that all medication is verified by a pharmacist prior to its delivery. Returns medication to the pharmacy as needed ensuring it is secure until returned to stock or placed in the appropriate waste stream container. Stocks ADC with both standard and patient specific medications using bar code technology when applicable ensuring accuracy. Stocks various medication kits, boxes and trays used throughout the hospital prior to final verification by a pharmacist. Uses bar code technology whenever it is designed into a pharmacy process and reports bar code failures to their immediate supervisor. Inspects medication storage areas as assigned. Answers incoming calls in a timely manner providing assistance when possible or directing the caller to the appropriate pharmacy staff member. Monitors incoming computer messages and takes appropriate action when possible or directs message to the appropriate pharmacy staff member. Retrieves and labels prepackaged oral solid, liquid, rectal, inhalation, topical, injectable, and premixed IV medications using bar code technology when applicable ensuring accuracy. Based on clinical ladder guidelines performs responsibilities related to sterile and hazardous compounding under the direct supervision of a pharmacist and per department policy; also performs non-sterile compounding per department policy.

Decision Making: Independent judgment in making minor decisions where alternatives are limited and standard policies/protocols have been established.

Working Relationships: Leads others in same work performed (does not supervise). Works directly with patients and/or customers. Works with internal customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Special Job Dimensions: None.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

Pharmacy - South Campus

Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133

Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), a safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others. This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position. This statute allows employers to lawfully refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety-sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even if they have a valid license to use medical marijuana.

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability

Saint Francis is a Catholic, not-for-profit Health system based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We are the largest private employer in Eastern Oklahoma with over 12,000 employees, including 1,000 physicians. The health system is anchored by the 1,112-bed Saint Francis Hospital, the largest hospital in Oklahoma and the 11th largest in the nation. Our system also includes hospitals in south Tulsa, Muskogee and Vinita, as well as 110 Warren Clinic locations from Monkey Island to McAlester, northeastern Oklahoma's only children's hospital, a level IV neonatal intensive care unit, a 168-bed heart hospital, and Tulsa's leading trauma and emergency center.