Pharmacy TechnicianBuyer, 40-Hours, Days, Monday Friday, 830am 500pm, Every third weekend, Rotating holidays
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Job Location:
Gardner, KS - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 23 - 30
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
You Matter Here!
Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!
Hours: 40-Hours Days Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm Every third weekend Rotating holidays
$23.00 - $30.35
Responsibilities
Essentail Functions
Job Responsibilities: Pharmacy Technician
- Accurately fills and delivers patient medication orders and unit requisitions generates lists and fills patient medication bins and returns unused medications to stock. Restocks automated medication dispensing systems
- Accurately prepares medications for dispensing using the laminar flow hood and aseptic technique consistent with USP 797 regulations..
- Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by ; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
- Correctly places medications in stock and packages unit dose medications for stock from bulk bottles.
- Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs.
- Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures rules and regulations.
- Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
- Returns accurately and completely medications to picking bins as well as ensures bins remain stocked.
Performs inspections of medication storage areas and submits monthly reports to the Director of the entire inventory has to be checked for expired medications in the pharmacy and automated dispensing cabinets.
- Answer incoming phone calls and fields questions.
- Receive and store incoming supplies verify quantities against invoices and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Works together with departmental and healthcare teams to complete assignments.
- Removes or arranges for removal of safety hazards from environment immediately.
- Prioritizes and reprioritizes work based on the changing needs of the patients.
- Keeps equipment in clean and working condition.
Job Responsibilities: Buyer
- Manages all aspects of daily medication orders from the departments primary wholesaler and all other vendors to ensure that the pharmacy has the drug and supplies that are needed on a day-to-day basis.
- Monitor ordering processes integrating the most current pricing from wholesalers including 340B pricing where applicable with the goal being to purchase the most cost-effective drugs and supplies.
- Manage purchasing receiving and inventory control processes including managing drug shortages and coordinating information and alternatives to the pharmacy team. Alerts pharmacy management of potential drug shortages in a timely manner so that appropriate actions can be taken.
- Manages drug recalls including informing pharmacy management of the recall and actions taken.
- Under the supervision of the 340B Program director understands the 340B guidance and/or rule changes regarding the purchasing of drug products.
- Under the supervision of the 340B Program Director ensures that the 340B pharmacy program is continuously compliant with 340B federal regulations.
- Maintains your own knowledge of the policy changes that affect the 340B program including but not limited to HRSA/OPA rules and Medicaid changes.
- Under the supervision of the Pharmacy Operations Manager complies with all track-and-trace legal requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act for purchasing and distribution of drug products.
- In conjunction with the Pharmacy Operations Manager and the Director of Pharmacy coordinates the annual inventory.
Statement of Other Duties
This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood therefore that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.
Functional Demands
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction) and handles (seizing holding grasping turning or working with hands). Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist).
Organizational Expectations
Behavioral Attributes:
The following behavioral attributes are required: achievement motivation concern for order initiative self-confidence self-control customer service orientation interpersonal skills effectiveness teamwork impact and influence analytical thinking and information seeking.
Qualifications
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Education
- High School diploma or the equivalent required.
Minimum Licenses and Certifications
- Registration or registration eligible with the Commonwealth of MA is required.
- National certification from a recognized pharmacy technician certifying body (PTCB or NHA) is required upon hire or within one year of hire.
Minimum Work Experience
- One year retail/hospital pharmacy technician experience preferred.
Required Skills
- Good working knowledge of common medication names and dosing preferred.
- Computer knowledge and proficient use of Microsoft Word and Excel preferred.
- Meditech knowledge is helpful.
- Knowledge of automated dispensing machines (Omnicell Pyxis) is preferred.
- Experience in USP 797 or the willingness to learn required.
- Good customer service/interpersonal skills required.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Load & Unload
- LTC Pharmacy
- Typing
- Inventory Control
- Customer Service
- Hospital Experience
- Pharmacy Software
- Communication skills
- Math
- Pharmacy Technician Experience
- Order Entry
- Compounding Medications
About Company
About Heywood Healthcare Heywood Healthcare is an independent, community-owned healthcare system serving north central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, comprised of Heywood Hospital, a 134-bed acute care community-owned non-profit hospital in Gardner, MA; Athol Hospital, a 25 ... View more
