Pharmacy Technician

Job Description

• 1. Job Responsibility : Dispensing Medication
• Dispenses medication under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Action Steps :
• Investigates medication related issues or missing doses as needed
• Accurately calculates doses to ensure an adequate supply in automated dispensing cabinet (ADC)
• Loads ADC in a timely and accurate manner according to max / min levels, adjusting for holidays and weekends
• Delivers medications to patient units in a timely manner to ensure precise administration times
• Replenishes unit floor stock medications
• Prepares discharge medications for patients by counting, labeling, and packaging the medication
• Conducts medication room inspections on a monthly basis and maintains up to date inspection logs
• Investigates and compiles information for Pyxis override reports
• Completes these tasks on a daily basis with an accuracy rate above 90%
• Completes tasks accurately and efficiently based on observation by the pharmacy director
• 2. Job Responsibility : Maintains Pharmacy Inventory and Supplies
• Assists pharmacist with inventory of medications, supplies, and helps stock medications according to pharmaceutical protocols and procedures.
• Behavioral Action Steps :
• Receives and stores incoming medications and supplies in correct locations
• Rotates stock regularly, keeping notes of when medications and supplies expire
• Monitors and replenishes stock in ADCs
• Credits and returned items are processed within 72 hours
• Accurately places returned medicines back in their appropriate locations
• Checks for expired or short dated medications in ADCs and in med rooms
• Appropriately labels bulk medication and supplies
• Maintains a compliance rate of 90% based on weekly reviews of remaining credits and supplies that are not inventoried
• Completes tasks on a daily basis
• 3. Job Responsibility : Provides Information and Responds To Requests
• Provides routine information accurately and responds to requests responsibly.
• Behavioral Action Steps :
• Provides professional, efficient, and courteous service to other healthcare providers as observed by pharmacy director
• Answers phone calls in the pharmacy in a timely manner
• Able to correctly direct calls to the appropriate personnel
• Receives and conveys information requests between pharmacy and other healthcare providers
• Researches and provides information, locates items, refers to inquiries under pharmacist supervision
• Assists hospital staff, patients, and other visitors at the pharmacy walk-up door
• Completes entries in the pharmacy intervention log when appropriate
• Maintains a compliance rate of 100% based on review of any verbal or written disciplinary actions due to professionalism related issues, as well as observation by the pharmacy director.
• Completes tasks on a daily basis