Pharmacy Technician Specialist - Pharmacy Shared Services - Centralized Compliance Packaging

Henry Ford Health; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Henry Ford Health in Detroit is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to coordinate and facilitate operations across automation, pharmaceutical waste management, regulatory readiness, purchasing and inventory control. The role partners with pharmacy, nursing and multidisciplinary teams within the hospital.

Qualified candidates have a high school diploma or GED, and at least two years of inpatient pharmacy tech experience or equivalent, with familiarity in automated dispensing systems.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma or GED.
• Two years of inpatient pharmacy technician experience or two years of pharmacy technician experience in other settings.
• Two years of experience with automated pharmacy dispensing systems recommended.
• Strong verbal/written skills; available for on-call system support; highly analytical to solve complex problems.
• Ability to work designated shifts, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provides services and functions as pharmacy technicians as needed.
• Participates on project teams with other department representatives to meet objectives.
• Monitors and communicates medication discrepancies with Nursing Management; aids resolution.
• Provides usage reports to Nursing Management on controlled drug dispensing trends.
• Maintains user IDs for automated dispensing systems and related software.
• Serves as primary contact for IS issues related to automated dispensing systems for unit staff and vendors.
• Maintains drug database and expirations in automated systems.
• Coordinates medication restocking and monitors expiration dates.

Skills

Verbal/written communication

Analytical ability

Ability to work on-call

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Automated dispensing systems

Job description

Company Description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Job Description

***Eligible for $2,500 sign on Bonus***

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Department Director or Manager, coordinates and facilitates operations in key department areas such as automation and information services, pharmaceutical waste management, regulatory readiness, purchasing and inventory control, controlled substances diversion monitoring, and other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Approximately 65% of responsibilities are related to automation and associated activities. Works closely with pharmacy, nursing, and other multidisciplinary teams within each business unit.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides all services and functions provided by Pharmacy Technicians as necessary and assigned.


• Act as a full-participants project teams, interacting with other departmental representatives to assure operational objectives are met.


• Serves as a liaison to Nursing Management to monitor and communicate medication discrepancies with aid to resolution.


• Communicates and provides usage reports to Nursing Management regarding controlled drug dispensing trends of staff nurses to monitor for diversion. Coordinates interdisciplinary meetings at the direction of the pharmacy manager or director to review findings as necessary.


• Serve as the primary resource for the application-specific creation of user IDs and passwords specific to the automated dispensing systems and software applications. Maintains User IDs in user database/server. Works closely with Nursing Education to add new nursing orientees to database and with Human Resources for removing IDs of those listed as Terminated.


• Serve as the initial and primary contact for issues specific to the departmental IS, relating to Automated Dispensing Systems, for business unit staff and other professional end users of department specific software, for I.S. and for the vendor.


• Maintains drug database with additions and deletions of medications and or types of medications within automated dispensing systems.


• Coordinates and monitors medication restocking processes for automated dispensing devices including provisions for monitoring expirations dates and retrieval of outdated medications.


• Monitors Secure C2 Safe and resolves narcotic accounting discrepancies and communicates any discrepancies to the Director or Manger of Pharmacy Services.


• Monitors, investigate and follows-up on all chain of custody concerns regarding the handling and documentation of Controlled Substances


• Works with department leadership to design and implement process changes in assigned focus areas.


• Serve as the primary staff resource for the determination of and production of training materials both for formal and informal training. Serves as primary trainer for new staff in assigned focus areas.


• Serves as an assistant to and back-up for departmental commodities specialists/buyers.


• Works with manager and/or supervisor to write staff schedules as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Requires high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent. Requires at least two (2) years of experience as an inpatient pharmacy technician (for inpatient setting) OR two (2) years of experience as a pharmacy technician for all others.


• Two (2) years of experience with automated pharmacy dispensing systems preferred.


• PC skills as needed to perform job functions as assigned.


• Strong verbal/written skills; availability for on-call system support; highly analytical ability to solve complex technical problems.


• Ability to work designated shifts, including weekends and holidays.


• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with established time constraints.


• Flexibility to deal with ever-changing health care environment.


• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:

• Valid State of MI pharmacy technician licensure required.