Pharmacy Technician

Summary

This position is located in the Pharmacy Section of the Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility in Belcourt, North Dakota. The work involves performing complex pharmacy technician duties such as preparing sterile solutions, compounding of drugs, manufacture a product to fill prescriptions or drug order requiring compounding. The technician's work increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of the Pharmacy Department.

Duties

• Prepares sterile solutions in the pharmacy. Interprets the doctors' orders, obtains necessary ingredients, measures and mixes additives for IVs, prepares labels and labels the final product.
• Enters the correct drug, strength, dosage form and quantity into patient's computerized medical record.
• Restocks medication, checks expiration dates, rotates stock, stores medications correctly.
• Maintains records of the manufacturing process and supplies the product for delivery.
• Explains pharmacy policies and prescription directions to patients as necessary.

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