Pharmacy Tech II-PRN

UVA Health Northern Virginia & Culpeper•Culpeper, VA

About The Position

The Pharmacy vision is to deliver optimal medication management across all dimensions of care, every time. Each pharmacy team member is essential in ensuring that UVA Health Northern VA Culpeper Pharmacy exists to ensure safe, effective, and affordable medication use in our communities, one person at a time. The Pharmacy Technician serves as a part of the healthcare team at UVA Health Northern VA Culpeper and collaborates with other team members, to provide optimal care. The Technician accepts responsibility, authority, and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with the current policies and procedures. The Pharmacy Technician is able to demonstrates the ability to competently work in different general and specialized areas of pharmacy practice. The essential duties of a pharmacy technician at UVA Community Health are to: Demonstrate the ability to competently work in general and specialized areas of the pharmacy practice Participate in the training of new employees Fill, prepare, and deliver medications under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist/licensed independent practitioner. Consistently follows policy and procedures Ensuring adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care Triages and escalate any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician’s scope of practice to the staff pharmacist or supervisor as needed Use appropriate systems for processing of patient information Ensure quality is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements Appropriately operate pharmacy equipment. Maintains considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic) and their doses, routes of administration, Demonstrate patient interview skills and strong written and communication skills with other healthcare professionals. In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required.
18 months minimum of relevant experience, 1 year of sterile compounding experience, or 1 year of employment required.
Commonwealth of Virginia Pharmacy Technician Registration is required.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (ExCPT) required.
State Registration and/or evidence of renewal is required for both Pharmacists and Technicians fifteen days prior to expiration and Technicians are required to be either certified through Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), National Healthcareer Association (NHA) or be actively enrolled in pharmacy school or be active in Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination (FPGEE) or Foreign Pharmacy Equivalency Certification (FPGEC).
Considerable knowledge and application of basic math skills, including ratio and proportion relationships; strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
Basic technology skills.
Ability to drive/travel to multiple facilities/locations as needed.
Ability to work as part of a high performing, change ready and resilient team.

Nice To Haves

Considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic) and their doses, routes of administration, and adverse effects; the ability to demonstrate patient interview skills and strong written and communication skills with other healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

Demonstrate the ability to competently work in general and specialized areas of the pharmacy practice
Participate in the training of new employees
Fill, prepare, and deliver medications under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist/licensed independent practitioner.
Consistently follows policy and procedures
Ensuring adequate supplies are available for continuous patient care
Triages and escalate any questions or issues outside the pharmacy technician’s scope of practice to the staff pharmacist or supervisor as needed
Use appropriate systems for processing of patient information
Ensure quality is maintained according to departmental and legal requirements
Appropriately operate pharmacy equipment
Maintains considerable knowledge of medication names (both trade and generic) and their doses, routes of administration
Demonstrate patient interview skills and strong written and communication skills with other healthcare professionals