Pharmacy Technician Specialist

1 week ago

Hamtramck, Michigan, United States Henry Ford Health System Full time

Eligible for Full-Time Benefits

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Department Director or Manager, coordinates and facilitates operations in key department areas such as automation and information services, pharmaceutical waste management, regulatory readiness, purchasing and inventory control, controlled substances diversion monitoring, and other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Approximately 65% of responsibilities are related to automation and associated activities. Works closely with pharmacy, nursing and other multidisciplinary teams within each business unit.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Act as a full-participants project teams, interacting with other departmental representatives to assure operational objectives are met.
  • Serves as a liaison to Nursing Management to monitor and communicate medication discrepancies with aid to resolution.
  • Serve as the primary resource for the application-specific creation of user IDs and passwords specific to the automated dispensing systems and software applications. Maintains User IDs in user database/server. Works closely with
    Nursing Education to add new nursing orientees to database and with Human Resources for removing IDs of those listed as Terminated.
  • Serve as the initial and primary contact for issues specific to the departmental IS, relating to Automated Dispensing Systems, for business unit staff and other professional end users of department specific software, for I.S. and for the vendor.
  • Coordinates and monitors medication restocking processes for automated dispensing devices including provisions for monitoring expirations dates and retrieval of outdated medications.
  • Works with department leadership to design and implement process changes in assigned focus areas
  • Serve as the primary staff resource for the determination of and production of training materials both for formal and informal training. Serves as primary trainer for new staff in assigned focus areas.
  • Works with various reporting databases within Automated Dispensing Units, mainly Pyxis
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
  • Requires high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
  • Requires at least two (2) years of experience as an inpatient pharmacy technician(for inpatient setting) OR two (2) years of experience as a pharmacy technician for all others.
  • Two (2) years of experience with automated pharmacy dispensing systems preferred.
  • PC skills as needed to perform job functions as assigned.
  • Strong verbal/written skills; availability for on-call system support; highly analytical ability to solve complex technical problems.
  • Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with established time constraints.
  • Flexibility to deal with ever-changing health care environment.
  • Ability to effectively manage multiple projects.
  • Strong Excel skills
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
  • Valid State of MI pharmacy technician licensure required.

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