Pharmacy Tech II
About The Position
As a Pharmacy Tech, you help provide patients with safe and effective medications and support doctors and nurses by ensuring medications are delivered accurately and on time. You work under the Pharmacist’s guidance to verify prescriptions are authentic, prepared correctly for medication type and dosage, and dispensed appropriately. Patient safety is a priority, including following safety and infection-prevention protocols and maintaining a clean work area. You also help keep the pharmacy running smoothly and support patient medication needs. The position performs medication delivery, cassette filling and billing, medication stocking and order filling, outpatient pharmacy functions, and sterile IV preparation. IV preparation competency is required within 12 months of hire and is necessary to transfer into a posted position requiring that skillset.
Requirements
- Complete a Pharmacy Technician program.
- Have one year of hospital pharmacy and sterile compounding experience. If operations allow, the employer may consider training a new graduate or a technician without acute-care experience.
- Hold a California Pharmacy Technician credential upon hire.
- Hold PTCB Certified Pharmacy Technician certification upon hire.
- Achieve competency in IV preparation within 12 months of hire.
Responsibilities
- Deliver medications accurately and efficiently to designated areas, consolidating trips and recognizing priorities.
- Fill and bill patient cassettes accurately and efficiently; process patient charges and credits in the computer; and deliver and exchange cassettes.
- Fill stock, unit-dose medications, and medication orders accurately, efficiently, and on time while considering specific patient needs.
- Complete outpatient pharmacy functions according to departmental processes, including calling physician offices for prescription refills and processing take-home prescriptions.
- Stock the take-home area, shelves, medication bins, and other pharmacy areas.
- Perform IV preparation according to departmental processes using sterile technique.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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