Inpatient Pharmacy Technician Specialist

Logan Health•Kalispell, MT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Logan Health Medical Center, located in scenic Kalispell, MT, is looking for an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician Specialist to join their Hospital Pharmacy Team. This role offers a collaborative culture, a scenic location, outstanding benefits, and an ideal environment to expand clinical knowledge and take pharmacy tech skills to the next level. Logan Health operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and schedules are set to accommodate organizational needs.

Requirements

Active licensure with the Montana Board of Pharmacy as a Certified Pharmacy Technician in good standing or obtained by hire date.
Proficient working knowledge of aseptic technique for preparing sterile products required.
RQI First Responder within 7 days if hire/transfer or before independent patient care, whichever comes first, required.
Possess and maintain computer skills to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn other software as needed.
Must have an understanding of medical terminology and calculations.
Must have fluent knowledge of medication brand and generic names.
Possess ability to learn other software as needed.
Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, a self-starter, possess critical thinking skills and be able to set priorities and function as part of a team as well as independently.
Commitment to working in a team environment and maintaining confidentiality as needed.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.

Nice To Haves

Proficient in sundry duties to include non-sterile and/or sterile compounding or other advanced skill set preferred.
Prior experience in various Pharmacy Software Systems and Electronic Health Records preferred.

Responsibilities

Understands and completes all aspects of medication distribution from the pharmacy to all areas assigned including but not limited to; inpatient and/or outpatient dispensing.
Filling the automated dispensing machines and utilizing the bar code scanning.
Filling patient drawers in all nursing units.
Delivering medications in the most efficient manner to all areas assigned.
Completes rounds according to current policy. This includes delivering and retrieving medications, debiting and crediting medications to patient specific accounts to ensure accurate billing.
Performs all the tasks associated with maintaining the pharmacy inventory.
Ordering, receiving, and shelving medications.
Documents and communicates drug shortages.
Monitors the pharmacy inventory for out dated medications, and disposes according to current policy.
Aids in staff development, orients new employees and students, participates in quality assessment, and improvement projects.
Maintains a neat and orderly environment.
Cleaning duties.
Medication disposal
Trash disposal
Actively continues education to keep abreast of Pharmacy law and to maintain current licensure.
Manufactures, prepares, compounds, packages and labels pharmaceuticals within a specialized program such as the IV additive service, non-sterile compounding, oncology medications and/or the investigational drug service.
Actively compounds IV additive medications using sterile, aseptic techniques according to current policies and federal regulations.
Maintains sterile environment in the clean room according to current policies and procedures.
May compound chemotherapy products.
May participate in the state approved “tech-check-tech” program.