Inpatient Pharmacy Technician | 32 hour per week | Pharmacy

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $20.78 per hour

Job Details:

Scheduled Hours: 8 hour shifts, Variable start times between 6am-7:30am
Rotating weekends (every 3rd) and holidays 7am - 3:30pm

Works under direct supervision of hospital pharmacists performing clerical tasks, drug distribution activities, computerized order entry, and other medication management duties as authorized by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiner's laws, rules and regulations. Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, and count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications. May review and document patient's arrival medication assuring appropriate dose, route, frequency and duration of therapy.

What you will do

• Ensuring Crash Carts are adequately supplied with the required items.
• Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
• Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
• Prepack bulk medicines, fill bottles with prescribed medications.
• Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to directions.
• Fill order.
• Manage/Process inventory in the dispensing cabinets (Omnicell), including but not limited to stocking, checking for outdates and rotation of items. - Replenish emergency kits and carts.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
• Making trays and kits (CPR, transport, etc.) refilling anesthesia carts.
• Delivering medications to the nursing units, to the operating rooms and the emergency departments. This includes STAT medications and exchanging daily medication carts.
• Stock supplies, rotate stock, remove expired medications and perform other inventory duties.
• Implements United States (USP) Standards, such as 795(nonsterile), 797 (sterile compounding), and 800 (handling of hazardous medication). Maintaining regulatory compliance for USP797, Board of Pharmacy, DEA and others.
• Conduct and successfully pass annual and biannual media fill compounding assessment for all pharmacy employees. - Assist with remediation and/or retraining as needed.
• Prepares IV additive medications using sterile technique as directed by the pharmacist and according to the policies and procedures set by the pharmacy.- Responsible for the proper disposal of all materials used in the preparation of hazardous medications and IV additive medications.
• Demonstrating proficiency with dispensing equipment and software. - Documentation of IV admixtures.- Exhibit problem solving skills, leadership characteristics, and effective ownership of additional activities or duties.
• Clean, and help maintain, equipment and work areas, and sterilize glassware according to prescribed methods.- Maintains clean and sterile environment within the intravenous admixture area, including clean room. Routinely washes with appropriate germicidal solutions all hoods, counters, carts, and all other equipment that will be used within the work area.
• Ability to work with cleaning agents for the sterile compounding areas.
• Practices universal precautions and disposes of hazardous wastes per established guidelines.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) High school graduate Required
• Pharmacy experience Preferred
• Computer experience Preferred
• Sterile Compounding Preferred
• Basic Cardiac Life Support & First Aid - American Heart Association within 60 Days Preferred
• Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Preferred
• National Certified Pharmacy Tech Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) (United States of America) within 1 Year Required or
• National Certified Pharmacy Tech National Healthcareer Association (NHA) (United States of America) within 1 Year Required
• Certified Pharmacy Tech Iowa Board of Pharmacy (United States of America) within 1 Year Required
• Certified Pharmacy Technician Trainee Iowa Board of Pharmacy (United States of America) Upon Hire Required

The Certified Pharmacy Technician Trainee will be required to have this certificate upon hire and are required to obtain the Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate within 1 year of hire, both issued by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.

If a Certified Pharmacy Technician certificate is already obtained by the date of hire, issued by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, the Certified
Pharmacy Technician Trainee certification is not necessary.

Maintains valid licensure/certification/registration through the Iowa Board of Pharmacy is required.
Registered by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.
Nationally certified required within one year of hire if not already certified (at employee's expense).

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay

• Matching retirement programs

• Health, Dental and Vision plans

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans

• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Education Assistance Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Employee Referral Bonus Program

• Discounted cafeteria meals

• Paid Parental Leave

• Employee Service Recognition program  

• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity

 

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.