Lead Pharmacy Technician - OP Oncology Roswell
About The Position
The Lead Pharmacy Technician must be proficient in all Pharmacy Technician responsibilities and duties and capable of providing leadership and supervision to technicians, including technicians assigned to the IV room when applicable. The role also assists the Technician Supervisor. The position supports patient-specific medication distribution, IV admixture preparation, automatic dispensing cabinet operations, pharmacy services, inventory and supply processes, technician training, controlled-substance accountability, and regular inspections. Work is performed on the day shift.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Pharmacy Technician certification required upon hire.
- Registered Pharmacy Technician credential required upon hire.
- Proficiency in all Pharmacy Technician responsibilities and duties.
- Ability to provide leadership and supervision to technicians.
- Ability to perform assigned IV-room work using aseptic technique and applicable training and approval requirements.
- Ability to accurately operate Pyxis and perform pharmacy inventory, distribution, and accountability duties.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, label, and distribute patient-specific first-dose, PRN, cart-fill, and missing-dose medications; ensure pharmacist checks where required and deliver medications to the appropriate units while protecting patient confidentiality.
- Prepare or compound products such as ointments, creams, oral solutions, and IV admixtures using appropriate aseptic technique and departmental procedures.
- Prepare small-volume IVs, specialty solutions, syringes, large-volume IVs, and TPN as applicable and as trained or approved; obtain pharmacist checks where required.
- Clean and restock the IV hood and IV room each shift or as needed, maintaining a clean sterile work area and meeting applicable requirements and procedures.
- Operate and support the Pyxis automatic dispensing cabinet system, including adding users, loading medications, monitoring par levels, generating reports, troubleshooting minor problems, restocking, and assisting with medication recalls.
- Rotate through pharmacy work areas and perform prepackaging and bar-coding of medications.
- Provide customer service by handling phone calls and the pharmacy front window.
- Process charges, including late, supplemental, OR, nuclear, and exception-report charges.
- Sort and store employee prescriptions from the Apothecary.
- Order supplies and obtain purchase order numbers using the HSS system; generate and check in orders, complete invoices, process returns through the wholesaler computer system, and reconcile invoices with statements for accounts payable.
- Coordinate training for new technicians and provide supervision when needed.
- Assist the Technician Supervisor with specific areas of annual evaluations.
- Maintain the distribution and accountability of controlled substances.
- Restock and return code carts, arrange pharmacist checks before sealing or return to a unit or storage, and inspect code carts quarterly for expired medications.
- Perform monthly unit and pharmacy inspections for expired or obsolete medications and ensure the assigned pharmacy area is clean and dust-free.
- Perform monthly tracking of medication expiration dates in Pyxis cabinets.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
