Retail Pharmacy Technician PRN- Campus Central Pharmacy

OU Health • Oklahoma City, OK

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Under direct supervision, performs tasks involved in the preparation and distribution of medications checked by a licensed Pharmacist. Responsibilities are divided into two phases: prior to obtaining an Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Technician Permit, and after obtaining the permit. Prior to permit, duties are limited to auxiliary supportive personnel tasks. After obtaining the permit, core responsibilities include preparing and packaging medications, transporting medications, refilling cassettes, restocking automated dispensing machines, delivering IV fluids, performing light housekeeping, restocking returned medications, preparing IV admixtures, setting up IV compounders, preparing sterile items, assisting with IV room stock, assisting with automated dispensing machine setup, training other technicians, filling floor stock requests, maintaining logs for reordering, participating in billing routines, assisting with receiving and shelving medications, restocking satellite pharmacies, rotating stock to prevent outdating, and maintaining IV room stock. The role also involves preparing verification of use forms, drug supply, and maintaining a controlled dangerous substances inventory database, as well as participating in daily physical counts and reporting discrepancies.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED required
• 0-3 years of experience
• Active permit as a Pharmacy Technician by the Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy or ability to achieve permit within 90 days of employment
• Knowledge of general science and math
• Ability to perform basic math calculations
• Good interpersonal skills for developing effective working relationships with staff and coworkers
• Good computer skills

Nice To Haves

• BLS certification
• Immunization Administration Certificate
• If technician holds an Immunization Administration Certification, BLS certification will be required.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve prescriptions or files as necessary
• Clerical tasks such as data entry, typing labels and maintaining patient profiles
• Secretarial tasks such as telephoning, filing, and typing
• Accounting tasks such as record keeping, maintaining accounts receivables, third party billing and posting
• Inventory control tasks including monitoring, pricing, dating, invoicing, stocking pharmacy, and preparation of purchase orders
• Help maintain a clean and orderly pharmacy
• Places properly packaged medication in labeled containers to be verified by a Doctor of Pharmacy
• Transports completed medication order to designated pick-up site as needed
• Refills patient medication cassettes
• Participates in restocking of automated dispensing machines subject to verification by DPh and files reports as needed
• Delivers IV fluids to patient care areas and retrieves unused/unneeded IV fluids for return to pharmacy unit
• Performs light housekeeping duties
• Restocks returned meds
• Prepares IV admixtures and documents work
• Sets up IV compounder
• Prepares batch preparation of sterile items
• Assists in the maintenance of IV room/preparation area stock of IV base fluids and additives
• Assists with Automated Dispensing machine set-up and coordination
• Provides training and onboarding of other technicians
• Fills request for floor stock medications and documents completion of order
• Assists with keeping log of medications and supplies that need to be reordered
• Participates in debit/credit routines for pharmacy charges to help ensure the patient receives a timely and accurate bill
• Assists in receiving, checking in and shelving of medications when received from vendors
• Assists in the stock replenishment of decentralized/satellite pharmacy units as requested
• Rotates stock as needed to reduce outdating
• Maintains IV room/preparation area stock of IV base fluids and additives
• Rotates stock consistently to avoid outdating
• Files patient specific physician orders
• Prepares verification of use forms, drug supply and maintains PC-based inventory database for Controlled Dangerous Substances
• Participates in daily physical count and reports unreconciled pharmacy stock discrepancies to the Pharmacy Supervisor or Director immediately
• Performs other duties as assigned

Benefits

• PTO
• 401(k)
• medical and dental plans

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED