Pharmacy Technician I-Medication Recon
About The Position
The Pharmacy Technician assists pharmacists in providing pharmaceutical care to patients at Carle Foundation Hospital. The role performs technical pharmacy tasks, including prescription processing, medication preparation and labeling, compounding, inventory checks, billing, and medication delivery. Technicians also support operating room staff, maintain enteral nutrition records and billing, help train new hires, and may assist with training materials and assigned special projects. Some tasks, including chemotherapy preparation and certain IV-related duties, are not required of PRN technicians.
Requirements
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) certification through the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB).
- Illinois Pharmacy Technician license within 60 days of license application.
- Certified Pharmacy Technician certification within two years of Illinois license issue date.
- Work experience as a Pharmacy Technician at Carle.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and safely prepare and label chemotherapy drugs for administration; this task is not required of PRN technicians.
- Accurately fill and deliver Omnicell restock lists.
- Assist in developing and maintaining training materials as needed.
- Complete special projects that do not require clinical decision-making, as assigned by the Pharmacy Manager or Director.
- Enter and process new prescriptions and refills.
- Fill medication orders accurately and promptly, including new or lost doses, floor stock replacement items, unit dose carts, outpatient prescriptions, and take-home prescriptions.
- Perform billing functions, including patient charging and crediting, nursing unit charges, and controlled substance charging, by manual computer entry or barcode reader.
- Perform miscellaneous non-sterile compounding.
- Inspect assigned nursing units and pharmacy areas monthly for expired or unusable drugs, and maintain proper storage and accurate inventory.
- Prepare IV products using aseptic technique and apply proper labeling; this task is not required of PRN technicians.
- Prepare parenteral nutrition solutions and provide pertinent laboratory information to the pharmacist when assigned; this task is not required of PRN technicians.
- Prepare batch IV products to support patient care, using a batch compounder as appropriate; this task is not required of PRN technicians.
- Prepare and deliver enteral nutritional supplements to patient care areas, and maintain enteral records and billing functions.
- Provide services to operating room staff from the OR medication room.
- Refer customers and calls to a pharmacist when appropriate.
- Restock and replace trays and kits used throughout the facility.
- Assist in training new hires.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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