Senior Acute Pharmacy Technician

bannerhealth; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hire-on incentive up to $2,500

Weekend shift differential

Night shift differential

Job summary

Banner Health in Sun City, AZ seeks a Senior Acute Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy-Hosp team. You will support medication preparation, compounding, distribution, and inventory management in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment.

The role requires at least two years of pharmacy experience and chemotherapy experience, with an evening schedule from 1PM to 11:30PM and rotating weekends. A hire-on incentive of up to $2,500 is available.

Qualifications

• Requires at least two years of pharmacy experience and chemotherapy experience.

Responsibilities

• Identifies medications and supplies for reorder to maintain inventory.
• Manages users within dispensing technology database and troubleshoots issues.
• Interacts with patients, visitors and staff with a customer-service orientation.
• Restocks medications to nursing/ancillary areas under pharmacist supervision.
• Compounds non-sterile medications and adheres to USP guidelines.
• Maintains a safe, clean working environment and performs quality control checks.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Chemotherapy experience

Job description

Primary City/State: Sun City, Arizona

Department Name: Pharmacy-Hosp

Work Shift: Evening

Job Category: Pharmacy

Pharmacy careers are better at Banner Health! Innovation and highly trained staff. Our Pharmacy team members play a critical role in ensuring the best care for our patients . Join a nationally recognized leader that values excellence and begin making a difference in people's lives.

Join our collaborative pharmacy team! In this role as a Senior Acute Pharmacy Technician, you will support medication preparation, compounding, distribution, and inventory management while helping ensure safe and efficient patient care. You'll work closely with pharmacists and healthcare professionals in a fast-paced, patient-focused environment. To be considered for Senior Acute status, candidates need to have at least two years of pharmacy experience and chemotherapy experience.

The schedule for this evening position is 1PM - 11:30PM and every other weekend rotation. Hire On Incentive up to $2,500 available.

Enjoy a flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential and an 18%-night shift differential when applicable.

Banner Boswell Medical Center has provided exceptional health care to the communities in the northwest area of metro-Phoenix for over five decades. Today, our 410-bed acute-care hospital is nationally recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of Arizona's Best Hospitals. Banner Boswell offers a full range of acute care services, including cardiology, vascular, thoracic, oncology, orthopedics, neurology, general surgery, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, emergency, stroke, intensive care, pulmonary, urology, and inpatient wound management. We've earned the Society of Thoracic Surgeons highest quality award for CABG & aortic valve replacement and the Joint Commission's Advanced Certification as a Primary Stroke Center.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position will work under the supervision of the pharmacist performing routine duties in packaging, distribution, non-sterile compounding, and record-keeping of pharmaceutical supplies. Serves as a liaison between the customer and the pharmacist. Effectively uses pharmacy computer systems to investigate and respond to missing medication requests. Consistently demonstrates an ability to assess a situation, consider alternatives, and choose the appropriate course of action. Demonstrates proficiency in preparing compounded intravenous medications, total parenteral nutrition products, and chemotherapeutic agents within compliance with USP / . Ensures that the sterile compounding environment and all equipment are cleaned and maintained according to policy. May educate and train peer Pharmacy Technicians, Technician Externs, Technician Trainees, and Volunteers. Must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Identifies medications and other items for reorder as necessary to maintain a continuous inventory of medications and supplies. Receives, checks-in, and restocks medications ordered through the wholesaler and other vendors verifying all quantities against invoices. Assesses practical ways to deal with shorted items and short-dated or unusable items.
2. Manages users within the automated dispensing technology database as per policy. Investigates discrepancies and troubleshoots malfunctions in automated dispensing technology.
3. Exhibits excellent interpersonal skills and is customer service oriented in all contacts with patients, visitors and staff. Responds to standard requests from internal customers. Interacts primarily with department personnel, cross-department personnel, internal customers, patients and physicians.
4. May use automated dispensing technology or requisition to restock medications to nursing and ancillary areas after checking by a pharmacist. When allowed by law and policy, and upon completion of proper training/competency assessment, may restock automated dispensing technology using barcode scanning verification devices. Restocks medications to all areas outside automated dispensing technology which may include but not limited to trays, code carts and emergency boxes.
5. Compounds non-sterile medication products. Understands and appropriately follows all product worksheets/recipes for documentation and check processes. Understands and adheres to all applicable USP compounding guidelines. Demonstrates knowledge of and consistently performs calibrations of equipment and accurately measures components for compounding. Repackages bulk medications into unit of use packaging. Completes accurate documentation of medications compounded and repackaged per policy.
6. Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with all policies, laws, and regulations. Performs quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy section checks in a timely manner. Completes documentat