Pharmacy Technician 3

Job description

• Prepare, mix and compound sterile medications, including chemotherapy.
• Adherence to aseptic procedures when preparing, mixing and compounding sterile hazardous and non-hazardous medications.
• Performs pharmaceutical calculations in verifying dosage for medications to be prepared.
• Cleans and maintains primary and secondary engineering controls (e.g., vertical and laminar flow hoods) and equipment used to compound sterile hazardous and non-hazardous medications (e.g. repeater pump, work surfaces), discarding all non-preserved and/or non-labeled solutions in order to keep work area clean and orderly.
• Assist pharmacist through performance of the following technical support activities:
• Computer order entry of inpatient and outpatient orders.
• Filling unit dose medication orders.
• Select ordered medications from inventory to fill new orders or to provide 24-hours medication for distribution to patient's room.
• Answering telephone, filing, billing / crediting and medication profile maintenance.
• Load and refill medications into automated dispensing cabinet stations.
• Maintain manufacturing logs and document to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies.
• Prioritize labels from new orders to assure that product is delivered to label location at least one hour prior to label due time.
• Organize and restock work areas during and prior to end of shift, and remove expired medication.
• Round to nursing locations; deliver items and remove excess and discontinued oral dosage and injectable dosage units from patients’ bins and refrigerators and return to pharmacy for action.
• Perform Unit Dose functions including:
• Tube medications from pharmacy to hospital and clinic areas.
• Repackage medications for unit dose dispensing.
• Return medications to stock and perform credits.
• Record refrigerator temperature daily.
• Process narcotics for removal from Pharmacy inventory and order replacements as needed.
• Maintain barcode medication integrity by ensuring medications are barcoded before leaving the pharmacy.
• Perform other technician duties as assigned based on operational needs.
• High School Diploma, active State of Oregon Pharmacy Technician License AND
• 2 years of pharmacy work experience, or equivalent additional education; AND
• Certification from the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Healthcareer Association. Certification must be maintained.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):
• Ability to read and understand medical-related terms.
• Ability to perform basic pharmaceutical mathematics calculations.
• Skill at manipulating small objects, e.g., needles, syringes, ampules.
• Ability to use mechanical system for transfer of fluids.
• Knowledge of and skill at application of aseptic technique.
• Ability to establish priorities in workflow.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work under supervision of diverse Pharmacists.
• Completion of high school degree
• Formal pharmacy technician training program
• Inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy experience.
• Medical and scientific nomenclature
• High School Diploma, active State of Oregon Pharmacy Technician License AND
• 2 years of pharmacy work experience, or equivalent additional education; AND
• Certification from the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Healthcareer Association. Certification must be maintained.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):
• Ability to read and understand medical-related terms.
• Ability to perform basic pharmaceutical mathematics calculations.
• Skill at manipulating small objects, e.g., needles, syringes, ampules.
• Ability to use mechanical system for transfer of fluids.
• Knowledge of and skill at application of aseptic technique.
• Ability to establish priorities in workflow.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work under supervision of diverse Pharmacists.