Pharmacy Technician - Certified in Rochester

Under pharmacist supervision, responds to and/or triages nursing phone calls, prepares medication orders, accurately delivers meds and restocks as necessary. Provide superior customer service by modelling the organisation's values.

Key Responsibilities

• Properly operate EMR System (Electronic Medical Record).
• Rounds to the floors accurately and in a timely manner to deliver medications.
• Recognises medication names and medical abbreviations.
• Ability to use the pharmacy information system to run reports and access basic knowledge of medication data.
• Prepack bulk medicines by taking bulk medication and repackaging into individual, unit dose, size packaging.
• Non-sterile compounding and preparations of oral liquids, creams, and ointments in a clean environment.
• Fill patient orders with prescribed medications, while completing appropriate documentation and affixing patient information labels.
• Fill various emergency boxes and properly document.
• Deliver medications or pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations, or surgery.
• Proper handling of narcotics.
• Proper disposal of medication according to hospital guidelines and maintains proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
• Knowledge of and proper practice of “A septic” technique.
• Add measured drugs or nutrients to intravenous solutions under sterile conditions to prepare intravenous (IV) packs under pharmacist supervision.
• Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, check for outdated medications in current inventory, and inform supervisors of stock needs and shortages.
• Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
• Perform clerical work in medical settings.
• Possess advanced knowledge of the ADM (Automatic Dispensing Machine) and have the ability to troubleshoot and repair when necessary.
• Participation in process improvement initiatives such as safety and/or help identifying methods or ideas to improve upon current practices.
• Assists in training new hires.
• Batch medication/narcotic drip.
• Order supplies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Ambulatory Pharmacy Responsibilities

• Consistently, promptly and courteously assist/wait on customers, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Obtain all necessary personal, medical (allergies/conditions) and insurance information from patient.
• Pursuant to pharmacist’s order and designated work area, assist in filling patient prescriptions for pharmacist verification.
• Pulls or procures drug product and original prescription, counts and assesses reorder status.
• Receives requests for refills through automated process and otherwise (phone), and ensures proper requested information is processed and communicated to pharmacists in a courteous manner.
• Compiles prescription hard copies in numerical order and files on a daily basis.
• Keep a clean, uncluttered work environment.
• Has thorough knowledge of “wholesaler” computer system.
• Assists in checking in the pharmaceutical orders, verifying invoices/packing slips with pharmacy order.
• Completes “Return to stock” task, based on current schedule in pharmacy, and reports information to accounts manager.
• Monthly checks of the drug inventory for outdated drugs, remove and logs items in the designated returns area.
• Balances the cash register at the end of the day, count back down to $50, and make a daily deposit.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Skills

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for routine interaction with hospital staff.
• Pursuing additional certifications.
• 1 year of experience working with a frail or elderly population preferred.
• 1 year of work experience in a clinical, retail or healthcare setting.

Minimum Qualifications

• National Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• NYS OOP Registered Pharmacy Technician within 6 months of hire.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

PAY RANGE

$19.25 - $21.50