Non Certified Pharmacy Tech, Specialty Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care Building
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Job Location:
Louisville, KY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Primary Location:
Ambulatory Care Building - UMCAddress:
550 South Jackson St. Louisville KY 40202Shift:
First Shift (United States of America)Job Description Summary:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals four medical centers nearly 200 physician practice locations more than 700 providers the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.With more than 12000 team membersphysicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionalsUofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.
Job Description:
The Pharmacy Technician (Non-Certified) provides daily supportive services for the Department of Pharmacy according to hospital policies and procedures and in compliance with Kentucky pharmacy laws and other regulatory agencies. The technician actively supports and participates in the departments continuous quality improvement initiatives and competency assessments and demonstrates a commitment to customer service and patient safety. The technician responds to requests in a prompt and efficient manner. Major job responsibilities include: distributes medications kit/tray preparation compounds non-sterile products compounds sterile products as assigned communicates with hospital staff completes inspections and reports unsafe practices to leadership.
Essential Functions:
Provides supportive services to the inpatient pharmacy
- Assists with filling processing and dispensing of medications by labeling medication including bulk supplies with proper ancillary labeling and bagging procedures with final check performed by a pharmacist
- Answers phones according to established phone etiquette and triages calls to the proper personnel
- Charges and/or credits patients for medications used via the computer system
- Accurately and efficiently unit doses medications; including cleaning the compounding area restocking and replacing supplies documenting in the compounding record and ensuring doses are correctly labeled and prepared for pharmacist verification
- Supports the drug inventory process including ordering rotation and restocking of drug dispensing areas with drugs and supplies needed to process patient medications orders.
- Ensures the maintenance of a clean and orderly work area including a sterile environment
- Completes nursing unit and inventory inspections as assigned
- Restocks kits and crash cart trays as needed
- Monitors medication activity for potential drug diversion and reports any discrepancies to the pharmacist or pharmacy leadership
- Delivers medications including controlled substances to nursing units for emergent deliveries as necessary. Note: certification required to operate decentralized and centralized pharmacy automation.
- Assists with ensuring medications are delivered efficiently and accurately to patient care unit areas. Includes checking the tube system with each delivery retrieving and transporting medications to the appropriate location
- Prepares and packages hazardous medications and adheres to all safety measures for handling hazardous medications described in USP 795/797/800
- Utilizes aseptic technique following department policies and procedures when compounding sterile products as assigned by pharmacy leadership
Serves as a mentor to new pharmacy technicians pharmacy technician students and pharmacy students
- Provides guidance to IPPE pharmacy student rotations as necessary
- Precepts pharmacy technician students
Executes hospital and pharmacy policies and procedures
- Investigates and resolves automated dispensing cabinet related issues
- Covers assigned shifts as determined by departmental need
- Facilitates investigational drug studies with assistance of the pharmacist and/or other personnel involved in the drug study
- Completes sterile compounding training as assigned including hazardous medications and demonstrates competency on a frequency defined by facility policy if applicable
- Completes extemporaneous compounding training including hazardous medications and demonstrate competency on a frequency defined by facility policy
- Participates in orientation of new staff members
- Contributes to the development of policies and procedures as requested by pharmacy leadership
- Completes assigned competencies departmental and facility specific by assigned deadlines
Other Functions:
- Achieves and maintains satisfactory working relationships with pharmacy leadership pharmacy staff and other departments throughout the system
- Attends departmental staff meetings
- Performs tasks under the supervision of all pharmacists and pharmacy leadership; reports to technician supervisor.
- Adheres to Pharmacy Services Agreement
- Maintains compliance with all company policies procedures and standards of conduct
- Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
- Performs other duties as assigned
Additional Job Description:
Education:
- High School Diploma or GED/equivalent (required)
- Completion of a formal Pharmacy Technician educational program and/or an Associates degree or previous hospital-based pharmacy technician experience (preferred)
Experience:
- One (1) year of pharmacy technician experience (preferred)
Licensure:
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with the Commonwealth of Kentucky (required)
Certification:
- Current National Board certification by Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Health Career Association (required within 90 days of hire)
Key Skills
- IT Experience
- LTC Pharmacy
- Hospital Experience
- Pharmacy Software
- Infusion Experience
- Management Experience
- Pharmacy Residency
- Training & Development
- Pharmacy Technician Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Clinical Pharmacy Experience
- Compounding Medications
About Company
UofL Health provides comprehensive care at our UofL Health – UofL Hospital location in Louisville Ky. Learn more about UofL Health – UofL Hospital and the various services we provide.
