PHARMACY TECH HOSP 3 7/7

Mercyhealth Wisconsin and Illinois•Janesville, WI

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Mercyhealth is an integrated health system with over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. They are committed to empowering employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better and have been nationally recognized for their culture, including being a top employer for workers over 50, a best company for working mothers, and a top nonprofit for executive women. For over 135 years, Mercyhealth has provided high-quality, comprehensive healthcare across seven hospitals and 85 primary and specialty clinics, offering both routine and highly specialized care such as neonatal intensive care, heart surgery, stroke care, neurosurgery, and cancer treatment.

Requirements

Must be cross trained and able to work proficiently and independently at designated pharmacy locations.
Demonstrate proficiency in Chemotherapy preparation.
Knowledge of USP Chapters 795 (Pharmaceutical Compounding - Nonsterile Preparation), 797 (Pharmaceutical Compounding - Sterile Preparation), and 800 (Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs).
Pharmacy Technician Licensure required.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or Certification through NHA required.
Good interpretive/analytical skills for medication dosage calculations.
Basic computer skills.
Good interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

Demonstrates competency and adherence to all required elements of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapters 795, 797, and 800 according to ISMP guidelines.
Ensures compliance with hazardous waste collection and disposal procedures.
Responsible for training new technicians and pharmacists with respect to Mercyhealth IV clean room and anteroom procedures.
Prepares all intravenous solutions including Dialysate, Epidural, TPN, Investigational, and Chemotherapy.
Orders, restocks and maintains IV room inventory (chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy) and provides general maintenance of IV stock area, including monitoring of outdated drugs and Beyond Use Dating.
Places IV drug order (chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy) with wholesaler and processes receipt and restocking of drugs when delivered.
Monitors Dispense Prep accuracy and compliance.
Monitors accuracy and timeliness of IV medication administration utilizing electronic medication administration record.
Performs duties of Pharmacy Purchaser in his/her absence.
Participates in annual inventory process.
Processes and enters patient charges (if applicable), and ancillary department charges into the computer.
Ability to work at multiple Mercyhealth hospital pharmacies.