Acute Pharmacy Technician
About The Position
Banner Health is seeking an Acute Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy team at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado. This role offers on-the-job training in sterile hazardous and non-hazardous compounding. The position involves routine duties in packaging, distribution, non-sterile compounding, and record-keeping of pharmaceutical supplies, serving as a liaison between customers and pharmacists. The technician will become proficient in preparing compounded intravenous medications, total parenteral nutrition products, and chemotherapeutic agents in compliance with USP regulations, and will use pharmacy computer systems to manage medication requests. The role may also involve educating and training peer Pharmacy Technicians, Technician Externs, Technician Trainees, and volunteers, and requires the ability to provide age-appropriate patient care.
Requirements
- Requires Pharmacy Technician licensure and active Pharmacy Technician certification OR Pharmacy Intern licensure in the state of practice.
- Incumbents in Arizona are also required to provide the AZ Board of Pharmacy Wallet Card at time of hire.
- Ability to complete moderate to difficult mathematical calculations using a hand-held calculator.
- Strong customer service focus.
- Exceptional communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Prioritization capabilities.
- Superior problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task.
- Knowledge of computer software, particularly medication management information system software, Microsoft applications, and automated dispensing systems.
- Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills for interfacing with all levels of staff, physicians, patients, and other contacts.
- Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
- An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.
- BSS Registry Team members and Travelers are not eligible to drive on behalf of Banner and are not required to possess a valid driver’s license or be eligible for coverage under the company’s auto insurance policy.
Nice To Haves
- Hospital experience preferred.
- Pharmacy automation systems knowledge (Pyxis, BD Pharmogistics, and Cerner).
- Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Identifies medications and other items for reorder to maintain inventory.
- Receives, checks-in, and restocks medications, verifying quantities against invoices.
- Assesses ways to deal with shorted, short-dated, or unusable items.
- Manages users within the automated dispensing technology database.
- Investigates discrepancies and troubleshoots malfunctions in automated dispensing technology.
- Exhibits excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
- Responds to standard requests from internal customers.
- Interacts with department personnel, cross-department personnel, internal customers, patients, and physicians.
- Uses automated dispensing technology or requisitions to restock medications to nursing and ancillary areas after pharmacist check.
- Restocks medications to all areas outside automated dispensing technology, including trays, code carts, and emergency boxes.
- Compounds non-sterile medication products following product worksheets/recipes and USP compounding guidelines.
- Performs calibrations of equipment and accurately measures components for compounding.
- Repackages bulk medications into unit of use packaging.
- Completes accurate documentation of medications compounded and repackaged.
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment.
- Performs quality control activities such as monthly nursing unit inspections and pharmacy section checks.
- Completes documentation of refrigerator temperatures and equipment maintenance.
- Handles narcotic medications following all federal and legal requirements.
- Understands regulatory requirements for controlled substances.
- Adheres to storage and inventory movement documentation requirements for controlled substances.
- Performs compounding and labeling of intravenous non-hazardous compounds using proper sterile and aseptic technique.
- Understands different product lines in sterile populations (adult, pediatric, and neonate).
- Completes all required environmental cleaning procedures.
- Documents all required tasks and other information per policy.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit package for all benefit-eligible positions.
- Hire On Incentive up to $2,500 available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
