Pharmacy Technician 3

• Prepare, mix and compound sterile medications, including chemotherapy.
  • Adherence to aseptic procedures when preparing, mixing and compounding sterile hazardous and non-hazardous medications.
  • Performs pharmaceutical calculations in verifying dosage for medications to be prepared.
  • Cleans and maintains primary and secondary engineering controls (e.g., vertical and laminar flow hoods) and equipment used to compound sterile hazardous and non-hazardous medications (e.g. repeater pump, work surfaces), discarding all non-preserved and/or non-labeled solutions in order to keep work area clean and orderly.

• Assist pharmacist through performance of the following technical support activities:

  • Computer order entry of inpatient and outpatient orders.

  • Filling unit dose medication orders.

  • Select ordered medications from inventory to fill new orders or to provide 24-hours medication for distribution to patient's room.

  • Answering telephone, filing, billing / crediting and medication profile maintenance.

  • Load and refill medications into automated dispensing cabinet stations.

  • Maintain manufacturing logs and document to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies.

• Prioritize labels from new orders to assure that product is delivered to label location at least one hour prior to label due time.

• Organize and restock work areas during and prior to end of shift, and remove expired medication.

• Round to nursing locations; deliver items and remove excess and discontinued oral dosage and injectable dosage units from patients’ bins and refrigerators and return to pharmacy for action.

• Perform Unit Dose functions including:

  • Tube medications from pharmacy to hospital and clinic areas.

  • Repackage medications for unit dose dispensing.

  • Return medications to stock and perform credits.

  • Record refrigerator temperature daily.

  • Process narcotics for removal from Pharmacy inventory and order replacements as needed.

  • Maintain barcode medication integrity by ensuring medications are barcoded before leaving the pharmacy.

• Perform other technician duties as assigned based on operational needs.

• High School Diploma, active State of Oregon Pharmacy Technician License AND
• 2 years of pharmacy work experience, or equivalent additional education; AND
• Certification from the national Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or National Healthcareer Association. Certification must be maintained.

Job Related Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (Competencies):

• Ability to read and understand medical-related terms.
• Ability to perform basic pharmaceutical mathematics calculations.
• Skill at manipulating small objects, e.g., needles, syringes, ampules.
• Ability to use mechanical system for transfer of fluids.
• Knowledge of and skill at application of aseptic technique.
• Ability to establish priorities in workflow.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work under supervision of diverse Pharmacists.

• Completion of high school degree
• Formal pharmacy technician training program
• Inpatient and outpatient hospital pharmacy experience.
• Medical and scientific nomenclature