Pharmacy Technician - Full Time Anderson Campus

St. Luke's University Health Network•Easton, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Luke's is seeking a Full Time Pharmacy Technician for their Anderson Campus. This role is crucial in supporting the pharmacy department under the supervision of a pharmacist. The Pharmacy Technician will be responsible for medication delivery, unit dose activities, filling medication orders, managing floor stock, processing outpatient prescriptions, maintaining controlled substance records, and utilizing the pharmacy computer system. Additionally, the role involves IV/Admixture responsibilities, including preparing various parenteral solutions and compounds, restocking supplies, and maintaining a clean and organized work area. The position requires flexibility to work first, second, or third shifts based on departmental needs, with every third weekend required. This is an opportunity to join a growing healthcare network and contribute to patient care.

Requirements

High school graduate, with courses in math and science.
Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience preferred.
Requires successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.
Must receive passing grade on pharmacy math competency test.
Must demonstrate understanding of pharmaceutical and medical terminology, pharmaceutical calculations and general pharmacy procedures within the first six months of employment.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of six months previous hospital pharmacy experience

Responsibilities

Deliver medications, perform unit dose activities, including filling patient medication orders and cassettes, ADT updates, floor stock orders, and outpatient prescriptions.
Perform routine medication area inspections and maintain records for controlled substances.
Utilize the pharmacy computer system.
Assume IV/Admixture responsibilities including labeling pre-mixed solutions, restocking and ordering solutions and supplies, preparing large and small volume parenterals, parenteral nutrition solutions, irrigations, anti-neoplastic solutions and extemporaneous compounds.
Fills medications and IV orders from computer generated labels, fills and updates patient cassette drawers, exchanges cassette drawers.
Delivers medications to and picks up medications from patient care areas or uses the pneumatic tube to deliver medications when appropriate.
Credits returned patient medications.
Answers telephone/window and deals with visitors to the pharmacy appropriately.
Involves other pharmacy staff when appropriate.
Directs all drug information questions to a pharmacist, communicates in a courteous and professional manner utilizing proper etiquette, and communicates all pertinent information to the technician on the next shift.
Prepares prepackaged medications under pharmacist supervision using proper technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
Prepares parenteral, admixture, anti-neoplastic and Home IV Therapy orders, extemporaneously compounds under pharmacist supervision using proper aseptic technique, maintains appropriate log books and completes work within shift.
Keeps work area clean and neat and free of excess items, maintains adequate par levels.
Reviews, fills, delivers nursing floor stock and controlled substances; performs medication area inspections for all areas with medications; prepares outpatient prescriptions in accordance with federal and state pharmacy laws; maintains CD Module narcotic inventory, re-stocks CD Module and processes CD Module returns.
Delivers or retrieves medications when the supervising pharmacist views the situation as necessary.
Performs Transitional Care Unit (TCU) activities including filling new medication orders, medication cassettes and crediting medications.
Completes and maintains IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
Utilizes effective interpersonal communication skills while maintaining confidentiality of hospital information and addressing co-workers, nurses and others in a pleasant and cooperative manner.
Performs routine activities with minimal supervision, offering to provide additional help when needed, participates in training of new employees.