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UofL Health · 2 months ago

Certified Pharmacy Tech II, Ambulatory Care Building

Louisville, Kentucky

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system focused on delivering patient-centered care. The Certified Pharmacy Technician II provides supportive services for the Department of Pharmacy, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations while actively participating in quality improvement initiatives.

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Responsibilities

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

Prepares medications for loading into the ADC and unloads medications from the ADC utilizing bar code scanning

Fills inventory requests for nursing unit’s ADCs, floor stock, and fills patient specific drawers by placing the proper bins according to census profile

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 required

Fills controlled substance orders, reconciles all discrepancies and closes all loops on a daily basis

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’ ADC as scheduled and for emergent deliveries as necessary

Assists with ensuring medications are delivered efficiently and accurately to patient care unit areas, including 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

Provides guidance to certified pharmacy technicians and IPPE pharmacy student rotations as necessary

Precepts pharmacy technician students

Investigates and resolve automated dispensing cabinet related issues

Utilizes inventory management system and carousels to resolve drug distribution 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, including hazardous medications, and demonstrate competency on a frequency defined by the Sterile Compounding Supervisor

Completes extemporaneous compounding training, including hazardous medications, and demonstrate competency on a frequency defined by pharmacy leadership

Participates in orientation of new staff members

Contributes to the development of policies and procedures as requested by pharmacy leadership

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 the Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor or Sterile Compounding 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

Qualification

Pharmacy Technician CertificationRegistered Pharmacy TechnicianSterile CompoundingInventory ManagementCustomer ServiceTeam CollaborationCommunication Skills