Inpatient Pharmacy Technician 24-00139 - Alura Workforce Solutions
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
About the Job
Position
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Description
The Pharmacy Technician position is intended for a technician with experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy. The Pharmacy Technician works independently when appropriate and cooperatively with pharmacy staff to provide safe, accurate and timely delivery of medications to patients. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician effectively processes new orders, accesses appropriate patient information in the electronic health record (EHR) if needed, issues drug doses to nurses, fills medication cassettes, fills automated dispensing cabinets (Client) and/or drug delivery bins, packages, and prepares patient doses and maintains drug inventories. The Pharmacy Technician maintains compliance with USP<797> and <800> regulations when preparing IV admixtures. The Pharmacy Technician effectively communicates with co-workers, other healthcare professionals, and patients.
Inpatient Pharmacy Technician
Description
The Pharmacy Technician position is intended for a technician with experience in an acute care hospital pharmacy. The Pharmacy Technician works independently when appropriate and cooperatively with pharmacy staff to provide safe, accurate and timely delivery of medications to patients. Under the direct supervision of a pharmacist, the Pharmacy Technician effectively processes new orders, accesses appropriate patient information in the electronic health record (EHR) if needed, issues drug doses to nurses, fills medication cassettes, fills automated dispensing cabinets (Client) and/or drug delivery bins, packages, and prepares patient doses and maintains drug inventories. The Pharmacy Technician maintains compliance with USP<797> and <800> regulations when preparing IV admixtures. The Pharmacy Technician effectively communicates with co-workers, other healthcare professionals, and patients.
- Using current computer program, process all new, refill and phone prescriber prescriptions.
- Collect and enter patient demographics and insurance information.
- Assist the pharmacist in answering on-clinical questions from all patients, physicians, employees, vendors and from the public.
- Responsible for "pulling” and replacing drug stock after pharmacist has approved prescriptions.
- Helps stock appropriate inventory, ordering as needed and checking for outdates.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in an inpatient hospital pharmacy setting, required.
- Minimum one (1) year of experience in compounded sterile products preparation and procedures, required.
- Experience in an IV room preferred.
- CA Pharmacy Technician license required.
- Graduated from a Pharmacy Technician program.
- 3-month assignment
- 8-hour shifts
- hours are 3:30pm- 12 am
Source : Alura Workforce Solutions