Pharmacy Technicians

HCA Solutions is looking for Full-time Pharmacy Technicians at Veterans Affairs Medical Center(VA) is located at 500 S Foothill Blvd, Salt Lake City, UT 84148 This is a W-2, contracted position with long-term placement. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to solve problems and make recommendations, e.g., trouble shoot operational problems and refer for appropriate action. Be proficient in speaking, writing, and understand English. Be proficient in communicating with patients and staff in a professional manner. This includes customer services skills, phone skills, and medical record documentation skills. Be proficient in typing, keyboarding, and using office equipment. Display a cooperative attitude and effectively work in a team dynamic to implement the mission and goals of the VA organization mission and goals. Have the physical ability to lift, carry, and stock pharmacy supplies. This includes transport of supplies to wards, cache, or individual prescriptions to the dispensing window. Prescriptions may range from individual bags to cases of product or supplies up to 50 lbs. Must be able to stand, walk, climb stairs, and procure product from high or low shelving areas. Must be able to perform these duties while standing for their entire shift and maintain safe body mechanics especially while moving heavy items. Have experience in outpatient, inpatient functions, and clinical functions (including medication reconciliation and residency preceptor abilities). This would include but not be to: limited proficiency in drug distribution and control, pharmaceutical care services, pharmacy practice management. Areas of emphasis include: Assignments: Pharmacy inpatient technicians may be assigned to any area of the pharmacy including expanded distributive function assignments; for example, assignment as team leaders for specific process improvement teams involving technical areas or performing more highly complex duties including preparation of oncology agents for clinical pharmacy specialists. Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determines proper amount and counts, pours, or measures the medications; affixes proper label; and records required data on Pharmacy’s copy of prescription/order. After a final check by a pharmacist, dispenses medication in ambulatory care or discharge situations. For unit-dose medications, performs final review of medication when prepared by another technician, to be dispensed to inpatient areas (med-carts, ward stock), and/or fills unit-dose carts independently without secondary review when necessary. Prepares inpatient drug orders including all medicinal dosage forms suchas chemotherapy, intravenous admixtures, oral solids, etc., according to established procedures and protocols. Inventories and replenishes emergency carts. Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as Operates and maintains complicated pharmacy equipment. Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile). After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic Enters correct drug, strength, dosage form, and quantity into the patients. Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention. Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action team and continually seeks to improve services. Conducts periodic ward inspection of patient care areas. Maintains, verifies, stocks, and replaces outdates in patient care area automated machines. Monitors inventory needs in-patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personal. This also includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves, and removing/replacing outdated items. Maintains a training/education manual for the focus area assigned. Provides training to new or existing staff so that these competencies are maintained. Monitors refrigerator temperature on a daily basis in pharmacy. Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, if required. This includes calculating and converting to proper weights and measures the amount of drug or solution to be used propriety, reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered. medication profile (DHCP or otherwise). General Duties: As deemed necessary by the pharmacy supervisor, assists in other patient care areas (including outpatient pharmacy services) to maintain the consistency of overall pharmacy services. However, primary assignments of work schedule and tours would involve inpatient pharmacy services. Inpatient services may include such areas as aseptic admixture preparation including cytotoxic agents, automatic and on-demand ward stock replenishment, maintenance and operation of automated prepackaging storage and dispensing equipment, assembly and documentation of controlled substance requests, and properly packaging with documentation of single unit of use medications. Ensures all inventory automation equipment in the pharmacy service is properly refilled and utilized to maintain inventory controls. Participates in ensuring the Operating Room satellite is properly stocked for injectable, non-injectable and controlled substance medications. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS a. Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. b. Experience. One year experience or current technician school student c. Certification. Pharmacy technicians that are either certified, Utah licensed or have current enrollment in tech training program Job Type: Full-time Benefits: 401(k) Dental insurance Flexible schedule Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Schedule: Afternoon shift Day shift Evening shift Rotating weekends HCA Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodations or special need in order to complete the application process, please visit hcadvantageinc.com and click on Email HC