About this role
Certified Pharmacy Technician - Hospital
- Location: Walworth Hospital and Medical Center
- Pay Range: $21.85 - $31.68
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Shift: Days, 7a-3:30pm, No Holidays or Weekends
Shift differential for qualifying shifts (PM shift 15% of base pay, up to $4.50 per hour / Night shift 20% of base pay, up to $6.00/hour)
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes health and dental insurance, tuition reimbursement, retirement plan with a competitive matching contribution and paid time off. Mercyhealth offers several education assistance programs to support employees in their career advancement. Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning
Job Duties:
- Prepares and packages medications (oral and intravenous) for delivery to automated medication dispensing systems and/or designated medication areas using manual or automated packaging methods.
- Retrieves, counts, measures, and compounds drugs (sterile and non-sterile) under the direction of the Pharmacist using barcode technology.
- Delivers medications and supplies safely and accurately to the nursing unit, stock area and/or automated dispensing cabinet.
- Has a working knowledge of the functionality of all equipment and technology in the department.
- Accurately fills automated medication dispensing systems.
- Matches medication to dispensing labels and selects appropriate components for dispensed product.
- Assists in inventory control of drug supplies and solutions for the pharmacy department.
- Performs inventory checks to help ensure stock does not fall below required levels, confirms items are properly stored, and reviews expiration dates to rotate or retrieve items according to their date.
- Checks pharmacy inventory and automated medication dispensing system stock for outdated and unused items.
- Returns discontinued and unused medication to pharmacy, re-stocking and/or disposal.
- Removes outdated items from pharmacy dispensing areas and automated medication dispensing systems.
- Demonstrates competency and adherence to all required elements of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapters 795 and 797.
- Prepares all non-chemotherapy IV solutions including but not limited to Dialysate, Epidural, TPN and Investigational IV drugs.
- Places IV order (non-chemotherapy) with wholesaler and processes receipt and stocking of drugs when delivered.
- Orders, restocks and maintains IV room inventory (non-chemotherapy) and provides general maintenance of IV stock area, including monitoring of outdated drugs and beyond use dating.
- Processes basic drug orders through pharmacy wholesaler, receives and restocks medications once delivered.
- Appropriately triages phone calls and takes detailed phone messages. Responsible for intra-departmental communication.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
Pharmacy Technician Certification Board required
WI Licensure required, if employed in Illinois
Wisconsin Pharmacy Technician Registration required, if employed in Wisconsin.
- BLS/CPR within 90 days
Other facts
About Mercyhealth
At Mercyhealth, our doctors, nurses and staff are committed to making lives better for our patients and their families. They bring knowledge and innovation to ensure that our patients receive world-class health care, close to home.
As an integrated health system, we provide exceptional, coordinated health care for almost every need. Integration improves access to services, technology and treatments, and leads to better outcomes. To best serve our patients, our integration centers around four core service areas: hospital-based services, clinic-based services, post-acute and retail services (home health, hospice, pharmacies, etc.), and a wholly owned and operated insurance company.
At the heart of our organization are more than 7,000 doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers who live the Mercyhealth mission of providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better. We’re committed to working together to make lives better for our patients and their families.
Our passion drives and inspires us to do our very best, and we continuously look for ways to make each life better with the utmost care and professionalism. This can be as complex as a cutting-edge procedure or as simple as a smile. Nothing is ever too small or taken for granted. Everything matters.
What you'll do
- The Certified Pharmacy Technician prepares and packages medications for delivery and assists in inventory control. They also ensure compliance with pharmacy regulations and maintain the functionality of pharmacy equipment.
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