Retail Pharmacy Technician
About The Position
Perform and assist in various pharmacy assignments under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, along with other duties that do not require pharmacist review. Most tasks involve preparing, dispensing, and distributing medications, including compounded non-sterile products (CNSPs), patient-specific and non-patient-specific non-sterile medication doses, and prepackaged or unit-dose products containing oral, injectable, or other medications. The role follows CHOP Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures and applicable regulatory standards. Patient-facing employees, and employees working in patient care buildings, must receive an annual influenza vaccine as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Basic computer skills, including use of the Windows operating system and word processors.
- Calculation skills.
- Registered Pharmacy Technician credential from the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy upon hire, or Registered Pharmacy Technician Trainee credential from the Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Accurately prepare patient-specific and non-patient-specific medication doses by identifying, retrieving, drawing up, labeling, packaging, and storing medications according to CHOP Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures; confirm the correct medication, patient, amount, timing, concentration, and volume, and meet turnaround-time standards.
- Complete required 4 Quadrant Training Programs and ensure prepared patient doses are verified by a pharmacist before dispensing.
- Prepare compounded non-sterile products safely and accurately in accordance with USP 795 and CHOP procedures.
- Deliver patient-specific medications to designated storage locations in the appropriate patient care units.
- Handle and oversee floor-stock medications in automated dispensing cabinets, including delivery, returns, inventory counts, and expiration monitoring.
- Handle and oversee medications in non-automated distribution systems, including medication trays, narcotic packs, transport bags, and kits.
- Comply with federal, state, and departmental standards and regulations for non-sterile compounding, including USP 795, USP 800, CMS Conditions of Participation, FDA Compounding Guidance, and JCAHO standards.
- Repackage medications into unit-dose packages using pharmacy repackaging hardware and follow CHOP procedures for medication inspections.
- Complete pharmacy documentation and record-keeping requirements, including preparation logs, controlled-substance records, and departmental health-status boards.
- Comply with CHOP Pharmacy and Human Resources mandates, dress code requirements, PPE maintenance requirements, and related procedures.
- Maintain inventory using the Kanban system; organize and rotate stock, minimize storage costs, waste, and stock-outs, monitor expiration dates, reorder expired medications, store medications appropriately, and replenish prescription-drug stock manually or through the Pyxis System.
- Securely store narcotics and other controlled substances; accurately document transactions, maintain required inventory records, perform counts, prevent discrepancies, and destroy returned controlled-substance continuous medication infusions as required.
- Apply LEAN principles, standardized procedures, and standard work to improve patient safety and satisfaction; identify and recommend solutions for waste and correct abnormal conditions.
- Participate in hospital and departmental Continuous Quality Improvement activities, including departmental RPI, and use systematic, scientific methods to analyze and resolve problems.
- Work overtime to allow coworkers to participate in department RPI.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
