Pharmacy Technician

At Crisp Regional Health System, we are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Pharmacy Technician - Certified to join our team. The successful candidate will assist the pharmacy staff in the preparation and distribution of pharmaceutical products, ensuring the highest level of patient care and safety.

• Assist pharmacists in providing medication, drug information, and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
• Prepare and fill prescriptions using unit dose medications and basic compounding techniques.
• Perform dosage calculations and prepare intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic techniques.
• Process records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers, computing charges and entering them into the computer system.
• Manage and rotate inventory within the pharmacy and in nursing units, ensuring that medications and supplies are always available and up-to-date.
• Process patient charges for pharmaceuticals using the Pharmacy charging system.
• Reconcile medication stores, including controlled substances, to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations.
• Receive, inventory, and store patients' home medications, maintaining a clean and organized storage area.
• Transport drugs and medications to the Nursing Home or other off-site locations, picking up or returning drugs or medications from supplier locations as needed.
• Function as part of an interdisciplinary team, promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when interacting with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments.
• Comply with CRHS and department safety, infection control, and performance improvement initiatives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality products and services.
• Present a professional image to CRHS nursing and medical staff members, adhering to the CRHS Standards of Behavior.

• Provide medication, drug information, and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
• Prepare pharmaceuticals for patients of all ages, consulting with pharmacists when questions arise.
• Prepare intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic techniques, maintaining a clean and sterile environment.
• Manage inventory of supplies and reorders them accordingly, ensuring that medications and supplies are always available.
• Assist in filing prescriptions using unit dose medications and preparing compound pharmaceutical dosages as indicated by the prescriptions.
• Comply with all standards of care, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate reliability as measured by compliance with the CRHS Time and Attendance policy.
• Demonstrate professional conduct and adherence to all safety, confidentiality, and HIPAA standards.
• Promote teamwork with the entire staff, as measured by observations of Manager and co-workers.
• Attend professional development programs and in-service training, meeting the minimum requirement for continuing professional education.
• Adhere to the CRHS Standards of Behavior, as measured by observations of staff and outside customers.
• Verbalize all core competencies of the unit and department.
• Comply with all regulatory requirements, including the National Patient Safety Goals, as observed by peers, supervisor, and all members of the healthcare team.