Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - Trainee or State Licensed or Nationally Certified

Cape Cod Healthcare•Hyannis, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves various levels of Inpatient Pharmacy Technician responsibilities, from trainee to state-licensed and nationally certified. The technician will be responsible for processing medication orders, preparing and distributing medications, managing inventory, performing billing duties, maintaining records, pre-packaging medications, answering phones, and ensuring departmental cleanliness and adherence to policies. Specific duties vary based on the technician's certification level, including tasks like issuing non-controlled medications, processing sales in a community pharmacy POS, ordering medications, preparing parenteral products, training new personnel, issuing controlled medications, performing medication reconciliation, preparing chemotherapy, and dosage calculation checks.

Requirements

Massachusetts state registration as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee (for Trainee role).
Mathematical skills at the level of a High School graduate or equivalent, as demonstrated by successful completion of a timed CCHC Pharmacy math test (for Trainee role).
Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
High School graduate or GED.
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently.
Possesses basic computer/keyboarding skills necessary to run multiple Pharmacy specific applications and communicate efficiently via the messaging system.
Attempt CCHC Pharmacy Tech Trainee exam after a minimum of 500 hours worked (for Trainee role).
Must pass CCHC Pharmacy Tech Trainee exam by 700 hours worked (for Trainee role).
Massachusetts state registration as a Pharmacy Technician (for State Licensed and Nationally Certified roles).
Duties require very good verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
Must obtain PTCB certification or equivalent within 1 year of hire (for State Licensed role).
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) certification or equivalent certification (for Nationally Certified role).
One-year recent experience (within the past 3 years) as a Pharmacy Technician; 3 years preferred, or PTCB certification or equivalent certification as an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician Trainee (for Nationally Certified role).

Nice To Haves

3 years preferred experience as a Pharmacy Technician (for Nationally Certified role).

Responsibilities

Reviews and processes departmental order requests.
Prepares medications for distribution to the patient care units.
Distributes medications to the patient care units.
Maintains the medication inventory, place orders in stock, check expiration dates, process returns as needed.
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.
Maintains cleanliness of the department.
Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and Infection Control standards.
Participates in educational programs, in-services and meetings as required.
Consistently provides service excellence to all patients, family members, visitors, volunteers and coworkers.
Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
Responsible for issuance and delivery of non-controlled medications in a timely manner (Trainee).
Accurately process sales in Community Pharmacy Point of Sale device using cash, credit cards, and checks (Trainee).
Orders medications from various suppliers (State Licensed).
Prepares parenteral products (State Licensed).
Trains and orients new pharmacy support personnel (State Licensed).
Issuance and delivery of Schedule II-V medications to an Automated Dispensing Cabinet in a timely manner (State Licensed).
Obtains patient medication orders for medication reconciliation duties to input into MAR (Nationally Certified).
Prepares chemotherapy and dosage calculation checks (Nationally Certified).