Retail Pharmacy Technician

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

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Pharmacy Technician, under the direction of a pharmacist, is responsible for delivering medications, performing unit dose activities (including filling patient medication orders and cassettes, ADT updates, floor stock orders, and outpatient prescriptions), conducting routine medication area inspections, maintaining records for controlled substances, and utilizing the pharmacy computer system. This role also involves IV/Admixture responsibilities such as 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. The technician will also perform administratively assigned duties.

Requirements

Requires successful completion of on-the-job training in each area of the department within the first six months of employment.
Must demonstrate understanding of pharmaceutical and medical terminology, pharmaceutical calculations and general pharmacy procedures within the first six months of employment.
General basic chemistry, arithmetic, basic algebra, reading, and writing knowledge.
High school diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Obtains and maintains appropriate knowledge and understanding of the St. Luke’s University Health Network and the Department of Pharmacy.
Accurately and timely fills medications and IV orders from computer generated labels, fills and updates.
Delivers medications to and picks up medications from patient care areas and automated dispensing cabinets or uses the pneumatic tube to deliver medications when appropriate.
Accurately credits returned patient medications.
Answers telephone/window and deals with visitors to pharmacy appropriately.
Involves other pharmacy staff when appropriate, directing all drug information questions to a pharmacist.
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area clean and neat and free of excess items, maintains adequate par levels of medications within shift and removes all outdated drugs.
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.
Delivers or retrieves medications when the supervising pharmacist views the situation as necessary.
Completes and maintains IV/Admixtures lab and departmental competencies.
Performs floor inspections for all areas with medications as assigned.
Maintains a working knowledge of the general chemical and properties of drugs handled in the pharmacy department, including identifying medications that are light sensitive, require refrigeration, are caustic, or poisonous.
Uses reference books and website references for stability information or material safety data sheets.
Carries out the calculations required for the usual dosage determinations and solutions preparation, using weight and volume equivalents in the metric systems.
Performs essential functions relating to drug purchasing and inventory control.
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.
Maintains safe working habits, does not create hazardous conditions within the work environment.