Pharmacy Technician II

San Joaquin County California; California (MO); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

San Joaquin General Hospital is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support daily pharmacy operations across inpatient and outpatient services. You will assist in filling prescriptions, verifying orders, labeling, and maintaining drug stock while ensuring accuracy and safety.

Requirements include completion of a recognized Pharmacy Technician training program and one year of experience equivalent to an entry-level technician role.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy Technician training required.
• One year of experience equivalent to a Pharmacy Technician position.

Responsibilities

• Fill IV admixtures, calculate quantities and dosages, select drugs and solutions, label and note handling conditions.
• Maintain narcotics security, fill orders, record keeping, and prepare reports.
• Ensure adequate floor stock levels, monitor re-supply, restock unit dose and bulk medications.
• Assist in compiling patient information related to allergies or specialized medications and review orders with care staff.
• Assist in filling prescriptions, prepare labels, unit doses, and accompany pharmacists for review; train technicians and students.
• Accept prescriptions, verify patient insurance, transcribe orders, and handle billing related steps.

Education

Pharmacy Technician training program

Job description

Introduction

This examination is being given to fill 1 vacancy in the San Joaquin General Hospital and to establish an eligible list to fill future vacancies. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an application. A completed application must be postmarked or received online by the final filing deadline.

NOTE: All correspondences relating to this recruitment will be delivered via e-mail. The e-mail account used will be the one provided on your employment application during time of submittal. Please be sure to check your e-mail often for updates. If you do not have an e-mail account on file, Human Resources will send you correspondences via US Mail.

TYPICAL DUTIES

• Fill IV admixtures, calculates quantities/dosages, select correct drugs and solutions; ensures proper mixing or connection; labels and notes storage conditions and precautions; calculates medication titrations.
• Maintains security of narcotics, fills orders, maintains narcotic dispensing, return and destruction records, and prepares reports.
• Ensures adequate levels of floor stock, recommends par levels, monitors re-supply of stock, repackages unit dose to bulk, bulk to unit dose; restocks pharmacy bulk and unit dose stock and ancillaries; restocks automatic filling devices; returns unused unit dose medications to stock and credits patient accounts.
• Assists in compiling patient information on allergies or for specialized medications, protocols or programs; fills clinic orders, reviews orders with patient care staff to clarify or correct discrepancies.
• Assists in filling prescriptions; selects proper drug, places in container in quantity and strength prescribed, applies labels; selects unit doses and places in cassettes, places for pharmacist review; compounds simple ointments and solutions; orients and trains pharmacy technicians, interns and students on technician duties.
• Accepts prescriptions, verifies patient insurance and information; transcribes and enters orders into computer; prepares labels, updates patient profiles and records; submits for billing, identifies orders not on formulary, notifies pharmacist of formulary, drug interaction and other problems identified by computer.
• Delivers medication to inpatient units; reviews medication orders with patient care staff and corrects discrepancies; assist outpatients at counter, verifies identity, provides refill medications, and collects co-payments.
• Inspects floor stock and removes medications close to expiration; maintains stock of specified drugs in pharmacy, clinics and nursing areas; insures that adequate supplies are available for normal usage; receives samples and stores patient samples; checks in and stores shipments; repackages drugs into bulk or unit dose.
• Maintains cleanliness of pharmacy and other storage and dispensing areas.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Completion of a recognized Pharmacy Technician training program.

Experience: One year of experience equivalent to