Veterinary Pharmacy Technician

2 weeks ago

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States University of Pennsylvania Full time
Job Description

The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine is seeking a highly skilled Pharmacy Technician to join our team. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe and efficient dispensing of medications to our patients.

Responsibilities
  • Receive and screen prescriptions/medication orders for completeness, accuracy, and authenticity
  • Use of certain equipment (Biological Safety Cabinet, Omnicell, etc.)
  • Proper handling of hazardous drugs, including chemotherapy
  • Medication cycle counts through Omnicell
  • Medication cycle counts through Excel spreadsheets or current pharmacy inventory management system
  • Resolution of simple customer service issues such as triaging phone calls, communicating reasons a prescription cannot be filled such as no refills/expired, and communicating pharmacy and hospital policy to clients related to medications
  • Proper prioritization of new and refill requests for clients not registered in the hospital
  • Proper stocking technique, including checking expiration dates and rotating stock
  • Adequate knowledge of pharmacy supply usage to fill out pharmacy supply reorder sheets
  • Ability to fill departmental medication stock orders
  • Proper procedure for unit dosing medication, including printing of labels
  • Proper packaging of all mail out prescriptions
  • Proper storage of all medication, including refrigerated and light sensitive storage, and documenting date opened on all MDV
  • Appropriate use of auxiliary labels
  • Proper documentation of any medication related changes
  • Proper clarification and documentation on all prescriptions with missing or inaccurate information
  • Thorough understanding of pharmacy law with the ability to communicate federal and state laws and hospital policy to other members of the healthcare team and clients
  • Ability to close out credit card machine and log daily transactions in hospital computer system
  • Proper maintenance of the Biological Safety Cabinet, including performing daily and weekly decontamination
  • Ability to restock pharmacy Omnicell from CSM as well as restock department Omnicells
  • Communicate with clinicians regarding missing/incorrect prescription information
  • Ability to compound medication by following the Master Formula and completion of corresponding compounding log
  • Critical thinking skills application (i.e. intuition, logic, experience, common sense)
  • Self-management skills (time management, stress management, and adapting to change)
  • Interpersonal skills (negotiation skills, conflict resolution, and teamwork)
  • pharmacy workflow (i.e. duties of each workstation including checking, importance of process and procedure, organization and attention to detail)
Requirements
  • Certified Pharmacy Technicians (CPhT) with a high school diploma plus two years of pharmacy related experience or a minimum of a two year college degree in lieu of certification with a minimum of two years of pharmacy related experience or a four year college degree and no pharmacy experience are eligible for hire into the PTA position
  • A Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) license is required. High School diploma plus five years of pharmacy related experience and CPhT license. Minimum of a two year college degree with a minimum of two years of pharmacy related experience and CPhT license. Four year college degree and CPhT license.
Benefits

The University of Pennsylvania offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

COVID-19 vaccination or a University authorized exemption is a requirement for all positions at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information about Penn's vaccine requirements, visit the Penn COVID-19 Response website.

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