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Metro Health Pharmacy Technician in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Metro Health is seeking a Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy * Shift Varies - 40 hrs/wk Shift: Varies
General Summary:
The pharmacy technician performs the full range of technical and clerical level duties to assist the Pharmacist in the formulation, preparation, maintenance of patient records, dispensing and delivery of medications and pharmaceutical supplies. The Pharmacy Tech works under the direct supervision of the Pharmacist.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Those performed on a daily or regular basis according to established policies, procedures, protocols, directives, or pharmacy operation standards.
1. Procurement and distribution of medication orders per physician request, pharmacist request, or prearranged work assignment.
a. Maintains a clean and safe working environment.
b. Assists the Pharmacist in drug set up and the filling of physician orders, medication kit and/or trays, c. medication carts, and floor stock requisitions.
c. Prepares intravenous (IV) admixtures or other sterile products accurately.
d. Delivers medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas accurately per established e. schedule.
f. Promptly returns any unused or discontinued medications to Pharmacy.
g. Restocks any kit, boxes, trays, or other medication storage system accurately and restocks and labels drug boxes for area ambulances.
h. Replenishes medications in emergency crash carts or boxes and fills unit dose carts.
I. Disposes of pharmaceutical waste according to hospital approved procedure.
2. Maintains adequate stock of medications and supplies.a. Assists in ordering, receiving, unpacking, and storing pharmaceuticals and supplies in appropriate locations.
b. Rotates stock to ensure use before expiration date.
c. Efficiently restocks automated dispensing machines (Pyxis) including the immediate restocking of any "stock out".
d. Identifies and replaces outdated and unusable drugs.
e. Restocks medications and IV dispensing areas accurately.
f. Prepackages medications from bulk to unit dose.
3. Maintains Departmental security and documentation requirements.
a. Manages and completes any paperwork associated with medications and IV room preparations.
b. Maintains logs, records, and other required documentation accurately. Files documentation in appropriate locations.
c. Prevents unauthorized personnel access to the Department or medication storage areas.
d. Keeps records of controlled substances - reports discrepancies to Pharmacy Director.
e. Fills controlled substance requests for nursing stations returns completed controlled substance usage sheets to Pharmacy.
f. Assists in completion of annual inventory.
4. Contributes to the effective operation of the Department.
a. Triages telephone calls appropriately in a professional, customer service fashion as necessary.
b. Organizes and prioritizes work assignments.
c. Generates reports, pick lists, and labels as required.
d. Enters charges and credits for patient medications accurately.
e. Answers requests at the window and makes STAT deliveries to patient areas when requested.
f. Keeps the Pharmacy cleans, neat, and well-organized. Keeps Pharmacy equipment clean, and reports any potential or actual equipment failures.
g. Able to identify needs of the department, and demonstrates the ability to work towards a solution.
h. Resolves problems with minimal intervention or supervision.