Inpatient Pharmacy Technician, Nationally Certified

Cape Cod Healthcare•Falmouth, MA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves reviewing and processing departmental order requests, preparing and distributing medications to patient care units, and managing medication inventory. The technician will also be responsible for ordering medications from suppliers, preparing parenteral products, and maintaining medication inventory by stocking, checking expiration dates, and processing returns. Additionally, the position includes training and orienting new pharmacy support personnel, handling billing and other non-pharmacist duties, and maintaining appropriate records and regulatory documentation. The technician will also pre-package and label bulk medications, answer the telephone, and direct calls appropriately while diverting medication/clinical inquiries to a pharmacist. A key aspect of the role is providing service excellence to all patients and staff. Additional duties include obtaining patient medication orders for reconciliation and preparing chemotherapy and dosage calculations. This is a Grade FHS7A position, Job Code 00030.

Requirements

Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
High school diploma or GED.
Massachusetts state registration as a Pharmacy Technician.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification or equivalent certification.
One-year recent experience (within the past 3 years) as a Pharmacy Technician.
Duties require very good verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

3 years of experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
PTCB certification or equivalent certification as an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee.

Responsibilities

Reviews and processes departmental order requests.
Prepares medications for distribution to patient care units.
Distributes medications to patient care units.
Orders medications from various suppliers.
Prepares parenteral products.
Maintains the medication inventory, place orders in stock, check expiration dates, process returns as needed.
Trains and orients new pharmacy support personnel.
Performs billing and other pharmacy duties that do not require a pharmacist.
Maintains appropriate records and regulatory documentation.
Pre-packaging and labeling of bulk medications to unit dosed containers/packaging.
Answers telephone directing phone calls appropriately and diverts all medication/clinical inquiries to the Pharmacist.
Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and coworkers.
Maintains cleanliness of the department.
Performs other work related duties as assigned.
Obtains patient medication orders for medication reconciliation duties to input into MAR.
Prepares chemotherapy and dosage calculation checks.