Certified Pharmacy Technician

Crisp Regional Health System is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Pharmacy Technician - Certified to join our team. As a Pharmacy Technician - Certified, you will play a vital role in assisting our pharmacists in providing medication, drug information, and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.

• Assist Pharmacists
  • Provide medication, drug information, and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
  • Assist in filing prescriptions using unit dose medications and basic compounding.
• Prepare Intravenous Solutions
  • Prepare intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic technique.
  • Perform dosage calculations filling various prescriptions, including IV antibiotics and fluids for patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric.
• Process Records and Supplies
  • Process records of medications and supplies dispensed to patients or customers. Computes charges and either enters them into the computer or forwards them to the business office.
  • Receives and places supplies on shelves, tagging and pricing each item according to directions and processes all related paperwork.
• Inventory Management
  • Maintain data, generate reports, and provide compiled information to other departments.
  • Manage and rotate inventory within the pharmacy and on nursing units.
• Customer Service
  • Process patient charges for pharmaceuticals using the Pharmacy charging system.
  • Reconcile medication stores, including controlled substances.
  • Receive, inventory, and store patient home medications.
• Team Player
  • Maintain the Pharmacy in a clean and orderly manner.
  • Transport drugs and medications to the Nursing Home or other off-site locations, pick up or return drugs or medications from supplier locations as needed.
  • Function as part of an interdisciplinary team promoting positive interpersonal communication skills when communicating with patients, families, visitors, physicians, and staff in other departments of the organization.
• Compliance and Safety
  • Comply with CRHS and department safety, infection control, and performance improvement initiatives and sterile procedures, ensuring the delivery of products and services.
  • Presents a professional image to CRHS nursing and medical staff members.
• Professional Development
  • Perform other related job duties as assigned.
  • Attend professional development programs and in-service training and meets the minimum requirement for continuing professional education.

• Provides medication, drug information, and pharmaceutical services to patients, nurses, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
• Prepares pharmaceuticals for patients that are age-appropriate with consistent dosage variations for newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and knows to consult with pharmacists when questions arise.
• Prepares intravenous solutions and admixtures using aseptic techniques.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and reorders them accordingly.
• Assists in filing prescriptions using unit dose medications and prepares compound pharmaceutical dosages as indicated by the prescriptions.
• Complies with all standards of care, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates reliability as measured by compliance with the CRHS Time and Attendance policy.
• Demonstrates professional conduct and adherence to all safety, confidentiality, and HIPAA standards.
• Promotes teamwork with the entire staff as well as other contacts within the hospital, as measured by observations of Manager and co-workers.
• Attends professional development programs and in-service training and meets the minimum requirement for continuing professional education.
• Adheres to the CRHS Standards of Behavior as measured by observations of staff as well as outside and other inside customers.
• Verbalizes all core competencies of the unit and department.
• Complies with all regulatory requirements, including the National Patient Safety Goals, as observed by peers, supervisor, and all members of the healthcare team.