Pharmacy Technician

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.•Paintsville, KY

About The Position

The Certified Pharmacy Technician provides technical supportive assistance within the pharmacy and assists with outpatient and inpatient drug distribution, sterile product preparation, drug therapy-related research, and pharmacy supply functions, including controlled substances such as Schedule II drugs and tax-free alcohol. The position performs duties under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy or designee.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Successfully complete Pharmacy Math and Computer Proficiency examinations.
Demonstrated ability to perform pharmaceutical calculations accurately.
Proficiency in computer applications and pharmacy information systems.
No history of alcoholism, drug addiction, or indiscriminate use of habit-forming or dangerous drugs.
No felony convictions or criminal record.
National Pharmacy Technician Certification.
Registration with the Board of Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Technician in Kentucky and West Virginia, or Pharmacy Technician Trainee registration in West Virginia only, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

Six to twelve months of pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

Perform duties under the supervision of the Director of Pharmacy or designee.
Type pharmacy-related correspondence, reports, memoranda, forms, requisitions, billing documents, prescription labels, product labels, and other documents.
Perform routine office functions, including answering telephones, taking messages, distributing mail, and operating office and departmental equipment.
Maintain and retrieve departmental records and files, including prescription records, patient profiles, cash receipts, controlled-substance records, and pharmacy supply records.
Organize and coordinate workload to support productivity and timely medication distribution.
Perform medication distribution, billing, crediting, and charging within the unit-dose distribution system and outpatient pharmacy.
Maintain pharmaceutical and supply inventories by conducting inventories, placing orders, receiving shipments, and tracking order status and product availability.
Stock and rotate pharmaceutical inventory, minimize expired medications, and maintain monthly expiration-date records.
Perform unit-dose distribution activities involving oral medications, injectables, parenterals, piggyback medications, compounded products, premixed formulations, and bulk medications.
Maintain automated dispensing systems, including stocking, loading, unloading, generating reports, removing expired medications, and related maintenance.
Prepare and compound sterile products as required.
Maintain crash carts and emergency medication supplies.
Enter medication orders, charges, credits, floor-stock usage, patient demographic information, and other pertinent data into appropriate systems.
Maintain current drug references and formulary information, provide medication information when appropriate, and refer clinical questions to a pharmacist as necessary.
Update patient medication profiles for pharmacist review.
Repackage and label medications for future distribution.
Assist with medication distribution by filling unit-dose carts, preparing prescription dosages, and delivering medications to nursing units and patients.
Stock the pharmacy with vials, bottles, labels, packaging materials, and other supplies.
Help maintain a clean, organized, and aseptic pharmacy environment.
May assist with drug therapy-related research activities.
May prepare prescriptions for mailing.
Perform other related duties as assigned.