Lead Pharmacy Technician-IV Specialist – Sharp Grossmont Home Infusion – Full Time

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The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant's years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices. 

What You Will Do
The role will be assisting pharmacy leadership in providing leadership and operational support with the Home Infusion Pharmacy and Specialty Pharmacy team. Our pharmacy technicians with these teams will report to you and this role will also be assisting in staffing for these departments.

Required Qualifications

• California Pharmacy Technician License (TCH) - CA State Board of Pharmacy -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or Equivalent
• 3 Years Experience in hospital, Home Infusion pharmacy environment or equivalent healthcare setting
• 1 Year Experience in a leadership role.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) - Pharmacy Technician Certification Board -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

• Clinical IV practice
  Displays consistently high accuracy in the preparation of IV admixtures by using strict aseptic technique, picking the correct medication and calculating admixture contents. Is familiar with available technologies: Automix, micromix, etc.
  Prepares all IV admixtures in strict accordance with established guidelines.
  Properly handles and prepares chemotherapeutic agents using the appropriate precautions in the Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC).
  Organizes workload to accomplish all admixture tasks in time to meet established batch delivery times.
  Performs primary check of labeling to ascertain completeness of label according to established procedures.
  Always obtains pharmacist check prior to dispensing IV admixtures.
  Willingly responds to special admixture requests: i.e. STAT, ASAP and now medication orders.
  Recycles IVs where possible and removes expired products from circulation.
  Maintains IV area in a clean/orderly manner and restocks prior to the end of shift.
  Communicates workload or operational issues to supervisors in a consistent and timely manner.
  Evaluation Method(s):
  O: Observation; T: Test; M: Quality Monitoring; D: Demonstration
• Equipment maintenance and monitoring
  Monitors hood inspection dates and facilitates inspection process.
  Assures that laminar hood pre-filters are checked each month and either cleaned or replaced as appropriate.
  Maintains documentation of pre-filter changes.
  Maintains documentation in the Manufacture Logs and Patient Picklists.
  Participates in employee process validation and end product testing of admixed products.
  Cleans and documents cleaning of horizontal laminar flow hood / Biological Safety Cabinet, and performs all tubing and IV solution changes, equipment setup, testing and calibrations according to department procedures 100% of the time.
  Monitors and documents monitoring on refrigerator/freezer temperature log.
  Removes outdated and unusable medications.
  Maintains neat and organized work area at all times.
  Maintains integrity of Pharmacy Waste streams.
  Evaluation Method(s):
  O: Observation; M: Quality Monitoring; DR: Document Review; D: Demonstration
• Inventory management
  Performs computer order entry for enteral products and prescription service.
  Perform pharmacy buyer functions of inventory control, purchasing, verifying receipt of invoiced items, restocking, and maintenance of drug par levels. Updates prices in the computer system.
  Assists with the completion of Bi-Annual controlled substance inventory and annual drug inventory preparation.
  Assures that incoming phone calls are answered promptly and with courtesy.
  Prioritizes new orders/requests and enters them into the computer (where applicable) for verification by the pharmacist.
  Packages pharmacist checked medications and supplies for delivery.
  Consistently prioritizes and accomplishes all workload in a manner that promotes smooth pharmacy operations and the medication preparation delivery process.
  Performs clerical functions such as: filing filled prescriptions and picklists.
  Performs intake phone interviews and documentation for new referrals. Coordinates intake process with pharmacists and account analysts.Evaluation Method(s):
  O: Observation; M: Quality Monitoring; D: Demonstration
• Medication safety and use
  Demonstrates proactive participation in medication safety initiatives by:
  Proactively identifies potential medication safety improvement opportunities such as look alike, sound alike medication storage and packaging issues, delivery / storage / security related issues, inventory management issues etc. and works with Pharmacy Management to develop, implement and monitor programs to address these medication use / safety surveillance initiatives.
  Prepares performance improvement, monitoring reports and provides data as required by pharmacy management.
• Project assistance
  Provides ongoing support and performance improvement recommendations for: existing and new information technology projects as they arise (ie.Home Infusion pumps, Barcoding, OnBase etc); regulatory improvements, including USP797 initiatives; and medication Safety initiatives/efforts.
  Provides implementation and ongoing support for automation technologies (Pharmacy Computer systems, BAXA repeater pump, Rapidfill, TPN compounder and Abacus software, Pyxis C2 Safe, OnBase, PC label software, Bulk order spreadsheet etc).
• Regulatory requirements
  Collaborates with Director, Managers, Information Systems to standardize, update and/or maintain policies and procedures. Assists in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
  Assists with attaining and maintaining compliance with Federal, State, Regulatory and Safety requirements and JC.
• Staff supervision
  In collaboration with Pharmacy Manager and pharmacist staff, oversees and regularly interacts with pharmacy technician IV specialist to assess staffing and workload needs to assure the operational efficiency and quality of services.
  Monitors completion of daily work assignments of the technical staff and assists staff as necessary to accomplish daily workload.
  Monitors completion of quality assurance documentation required by regulatory agencies, relays compliance or documentation issues to Pharmacy Manager, and follows-up with corrective measures.
  Assists with the preparation of schedule for technical and courier staff. Assists with day to day scheduling issues (i.e. sick calls, staff flexing).
  Assists Pharmacy Manager in the evaluation of personnel and implementation of supportive and / or corrective action when appropriate.
• Training and education
  Assists with the interviewing process for prospective staff.
  Assists with the development and ongoing implementation of orientation programs for new pharmacy technicians and orients new pharmacists to pharmacy technician programs.
  Responsible for the evaluation and monitoring of staff training needs and for the training of technical staff.
  Provides technical guidance to the staff.
  Supports ergonomic improvement initiatives, teaching, and assists with enforcing compliance with measures designed to reduce employee injury.
  Provides computer training and serves as a department resource as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer skills highly desirable, especially in the application of pharmacy computer systems (e.g. Carecast, Cerner, Pyxis), word processing, spreadsheet and databases (Microsoft Office)

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.

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