Pharmacy Technician

2 weeks ago

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Excela Health Full time
Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician, under the Pharmacist's supervision and according to established policies and procedures, assists with the medication distribution system. This role requires strong organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.

Essential Job Functions
  1. Fills new medication orders and cassettes and prepares for Pharmacist's review.
  2. Assists in reconciliation of missing orders and doses and completes required documentation.
  3. Delivers and retrieves medications to and from patient care areas.
  4. Delivers medications to appropriate storage area on the nursing unit, including patients rooms, and retrieves discontinued and discharged patient's medication from nursing unit and returns to Rx.
  5. Delivers stock medications and places in appropriate storage location.
  6. Maintains patient transfers, discharges, and medication returns to their proper locations.
  7. Exchanges medication cassettes daily.
  8. Completes all assigned charging and crediting functions, including from miscellaneous sources.
  9. Prepackages medications, such as oral liquids, simple batch compounding, and starter doses for review.
  10. Restocks automated dispensing cabinets, such as Acudose machines.
  11. Utilizes Pharmacy operating system, such as Cerner.
  12. Operates and maintains robot for first doses and cart-fill process.
  13. Uses tube system, secure transaction function, and do not tube list.
  14. Stocks medications to their appropriate locations, rotates stock as necessary and checks outdates, and assists in maintaining adequate stock levels.
  15. Maintains assigned inspection section and checks outdates monthly.
  16. Fills emergency trays, anesthesia trays, ancillary dept. stock requests, and various medication boxes.
  17. Facilitates communication within the Pharmacy.
  18. Answers telephone and triages calls to appropriate person.
  19. Monitors Pharmacy Window and assists customers according to their need.
  20. Staffs the IV Room when necessary.
  21. Prior completion of department IV training and competency.
  22. Prepares IV medications and parenteral nutrition (TPN) utilizing USP 797 and 800 guidelines for review.
  23. Labels pre-mixed IV meds and batch prep mini bag plus IV meds for pharmacist's review.
  24. Manages adequate inventory levels.
  25. Maintains Clean Room environment per policy and procedure as well as USP 797 and 800 guidelines.
  26. Follows Quality Assurance protocols, such as temp/humidity monitoring, hood cleaning, hand washing, and proper garb for clean room.
  27. Demonstrates skill and proficiency to be scheduled IV shift on weekend/holiday.
  28. Thoroughly trained in all aspects of the basic tech functions/duties.
  29. Robot: thoroughly understands cart-fill process including updates and patient transfers/discharges; troubleshoots problems/issues.
  30. Acudose machines: Manages return bin function and be able to troubleshoot problems/issues.
  31. Assists Pharmacist in filling outpatient prescriptions as necessary.
  32. Operates packaging machines, which requires knowledge of machine set-up, reports, and trouble-shooting.
  33. The APS Overwrap Packager Machine, which packages vials/injectable and unit dose bigger items.
  34. The Bulk Packager machines, which include the Euclid Cadet that packages bulk meds in unit-dose strips for manual pick stations and Euclid Punch Cadet that packages bulk meds into unit-dose robot ready form.
  35. Enters appropriate information-such as NDC, manufacturer, bar-code, lot #, expiration date-for each medication being packaged.
  36. Completes average daily production of at least 2,000 to 3,000 doses from all 3 machines.
  37. Anticipates ups and downs of "Robot Ready" stock inventory and prepares accordingly.
  38. Restocks robot daily using restocking report.
  39. Interacts with buyers from other campuses and coordinates pre-packaging for their needs.
  40. Maintains bulk supply inventory by placing daily drug order using Repackaging Report and Wholesaler Reordering Report.
  41. Runs packaging log detail report for each machine, prints daily and keeps for recommended length of time.
  42. Maintains utilization and efficiency of robot.
  43. Uses cell map adjustment report twice monthly, removes and/or adds meds, rearranges rods as necessary, and ensures packaging is checked and verified by a Pharmacist.
  44. Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Strong organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
  • Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Pharmacy Technician Certification.
  • One (1) year prior Hospital Pharmacy Technician experience.
License, Certification & Clearances
  • Act 34-PA Criminal Record Check from the PA State Police system.
Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).

LEAN

Actively promotes a Lean work culture by performing team member duties to encourage consistent use of LEAN principles and processes, including continually seeking work process improvements. Recognizes the necessity of taking ownership of one's own motivation, morale, performance and professional development. Strives for behavior consistent with being committed to Excela's missions, vision and values.

AAP/EEO

Excela Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Excela Health to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, non-job related disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected class. Excela Health will conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Ability to perform the Essential Functions listed on the Physical Conditions and ability to perform the Essential Functions on the Working Condition chart below.Work Environment

Effective March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines

Physical Condition

When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.

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