Pharmacy Tech Certified - 40 Hours

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Pharmacy Tech Certified - 40 Hours

Job Description:

Job Profile Summary

Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, heal and to excel in service to our community by restocking medication, including controlled substances, to patient care units. This clinical staff position will have an impact on improving safety and quality of our patients by keeping the Pyxis medication stations updated to ensure proper and timely medication distribution.

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education Required:  High school diploma or G.E.D

Experience:

Preferred: At least one year as a certified pharmacy technician

Other Skills/Knowledge:

Required:

• Basic computer skills
• For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team

Preferred: Experience with Pyxis automated medication system

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS: 

Required: Pharmacy Technician National Certification and Pharmacy Technician

LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED:  N/A

POPULATION SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS:  N/A

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Professional Commitment Requirements:  Keep abreast of developments in the field and/or licensure through continuing education, participation in professional organizations or a combination of both

On-call:  N/A

Schedule requirements: Schedules may vary to meet department needs and hours of operation from 7:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.   Staff are expected to rotate weekend shifts

Travel requirements:   Expected to travel between off-site locations to make deliveries

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to the Pharmacy Operations Manager
• Not responsible for supervising the work of others

JOB FUNCTIONS

Consistent with the WE CARE principles and inherent in a hospital environment, employees must be flexible in meeting patients’ and the Hospital’s needs. While the list below describes the primary functions of this job, all employees at Winchester Hospital need to recognize that an essential element of their job is the ability to respond to unanticipated and/or changing situations.  This may result in assuming responsibilities or tasks which are not on this list.

As part of the Pharmacy team, the Certified Pharmacy Technician:

• Providing support to the patient care team assisting in medication dispensing.
• Restocks clinical unit automated medication dispensing station by visiting assigned patient.
• Prepares I.V. antibiotics and compound admixtures by injecting medications into large volume solutions under the direction of the pharmacist.
• Delivers medication to patient unit and Winchester Hospital locations that is not stocked in the automated medication dispensing station.
• Assists pharmacist in answering phone calls from clinicians as it pertains to patient medication requests.
• Replaces Pyxis station narcotic stock on patient care units on a daily basis and obtains proper sign off from clinicians on the unit.
• Assembles code cart trays with required medications and returns to specific patient unit promptly.
• Prepares pre-package stock medication, cream and ointment into individual doses for distribution to patients.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS

• The employee needs to have the physical and mental abilities to perform the duties of the position listed above using the WE CARE behaviors. 
• It is anticipated that employee will have contact with potentially hazardous chemicals while performing their job duties.
• The list below is intended to describe the physical and sensory ability requirements of the position; however those requirements may vary, sometimes considerably, based on meeting patient and operational needs.

Pay Range:

$24.50 - $32.97

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

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