Lead Inpatient Pharmacy Technician - Operations

Trinity Health•Grand Rapids, MI

13d

About The Position

Under the direction of a Registered Pharmacist, the Lead 2nd Shift Operations Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications, maintaining drug inventory, and maintaining patient records. The role helps coordinate technician activities for a shift or functional area within the pharmacy. The Lead Technician assists the Manager with staff training, competency validation, coaching on adherence to standard work, and maintenance of key records, and serves as a content expert for the primary area of assignment. The position provides courteous, cooperative, and timely service to patients, visitors, and staff. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week second-shift position. Depending on the assigned area, the lead may provide expertise and coaching in sterile non-hazardous admixture, sterile hazardous admixture, unit dose and Pyxis distribution services, second-, third-shift and weekend operations, or pharmacy informatics. The Pharmacy Informatics Lead has additional technology and database management duties and education and training responsibilities for pharmacy technology with nursing staff.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Licensed Pharmacy Technician in the State of Michigan.
Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) within three months of hire.
Three years of pharmacy work experience.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a formal Pharmacy Technician training program, or two years of college with emphasis in math, science, or medical field applications.
Completion of Mercy Health leader training for front line leaders.
Experience in Pharmacy or MHSM continuous improvement or Kata teams.

Responsibilities

Prepare, package, and distribute medication orders according to established policies, procedures, and protocols.
Maintain adequate stock of medications and supplies.
Contribute to effective, quality operation of the department.
Maintain logs, records, files, and other required documentation; answer telephone and pneumatic tube communications; and handle cash transactions.
Prepare IV admixtures and other sterile products.
Process medication charges and credits according to established policy.
Perform basic pharmacy computer order entry.
Train and provide competency validation for Technician II, III, and IV roles.
Collaborate with the Manager and designated pharmacists to provide subject-matter expertise and staff coaching in at least one core pharmacy process area: sterile non-hazardous admixture, sterile hazardous admixture, unit dose and Pyxis distribution services, second-, third-shift and weekend operations, or pharmacy informatics.
Participate in training, education, precepting, and evaluation of pharmacy students and/or residents as assigned.
For the Pharmacy Informatics Lead, provide education and training about pharmacy technology to nursing staff.
Collaborate with the Manager to develop records, reports, training modules, competency validation methods, and systems that demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory and legal requirements for the assigned area.
Collaborate with the Manager on formal annual assessments of team members working in assigned lead areas.
For the Pharmacy Informatics Lead, provide technology and database management for pharmacy technologies, including Pyxis ES, Isensix Temperature Monitoring system, Swisslog Automated Packaging System, Smart IV Pumps, TPN compounder, pharmacy printing solutions, and the Hospital/Pharmacy Information System.