ED Medication History Pharmacy Technician 20hr Day
ED Medication History Pharmacy Technician 20hr Day
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Job Description
Exemption Status:
NonExemptSchedule Details:
Monday through FridayScheduled Hours:
20hr DayShift:
1 Day Shift 7 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
20Cost Center:
PharmacyUnion:
SHARE (State Healthcare and Research Employees)This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist performs transition of care (TOC) related tasks such as collection and verification of allergy and medication history. The TOC liaison will communicate with patients families nurses physicians and other healthcare professionals to obtain accurate home medication lists upon hospital admission. Provides integrated support for patients and the hospitals admitting team to ensure a safe medication transition by providing a handson approach to total quality patient care.Position Summary:Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist performs transition of care (TOC) related tasks such as collection and verification of allergy and medication history. The ED Medication History Pharmacy Technician
will communicate with patients families nurses physicians and other healthcare professionals to obtain accurate home medication lists upon hospital admission. Provides integrated support for patients and the hospitals admitting team to ensure a safe medication transition by providing a handson approach to total quality patient care.
Major Responsibilities:
- Provides integrated support to patients pharmacists and various healthcare providers by providing a handson approach to total quality patient care.
- Works closely with patients and/or their families to obtain the best possible medication and allergy history. Includes:
- Interviewing patients and/or their families
- Utilizing active listening skills
- Utilizing available resources to overcome barriers (i.e. language barriers)
- Understanding basic medication information
- Integrate and collaborate with the emergency departments admitting clinical teams consisting of physicians nurse practitioners nurses and case managers (i.e. Transition of Care Team ED Team Medicine Team Surgery Teametc..
- Operate electronic health records to obtain patient medication history information.
- Contact outside medical facilities to obtain patient medication history information. Includes:
- Pharmacies
- Physician offices
- Hospitals
- Longterm Care Facilities
Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Massachusetts pharmacy technician registration and national pharmacy certification by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) required.
Experience/Skills:
Required:
- Three years pharmacy experience required with both community and inpatient hospital experience preferred.
- Recommended to have successfully completed a Boardapproved pharmacy techniciantraining program by obtaining a passing score on a boardapproved pharmacy technician assessment exam.
- Must be proficient in math with knowledge and ability to use a computer for data be able to follow oral and written instructions with accuracy efficiency and dependability.
- The Organization is seeking a highly motivated individual to initiate and expand the services provided in this new role.
- All skills required: Strong interpersonal communication skills; strong phone skills; competent in Microsoft software; selfmotivated; independent; strong organizational skills; highintegrity; keen attention to detail; dependable; empathetic; strong listener; energetic; teamplayer; values discretion and confidentiality; efficient.
Position is expected to work from the Emergency Department and perform Medication histories. There is not a current weekend rotation but in the future a q34 weekend rotation is expected.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Part-Time
