What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at FALL RIVER HEALTH SERVICES?
Fall River Health Service is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to work under the supervision of the Pharmacy Supervisor / Staff Pharmacist, which fills routine orders for unit doses and prepackaged pharmaceuticals and performs related duties as assigned by Pharmacist
Responsibilities:
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, safety,
environmental, and infection control standards. - Counts, packages, and labels medications for inspection by pharmacist.
- Assists with medication cart preparation including filling, delivery, billing, and crediting
of medications. - Maintains drug inventory, procures medications via wholesaler, assists with medication
recalls, and returns outdated medications for credit as needed. - Makes routine deliveries to nursing stations and ancillary departments.
- Maintains competencies as related to making IV admixtures under the supervision of the
pharmacist. - Prepacks unit dose medications using the pre-packer.
- Answer phones.
- Performs inspection of medication areas, removing outdated or contaminated products,
restocking supplies and maintaining appropriate records. - Maintains patient accounts as it relates to billing of medications in Epic and Speedscript.
- Basic knowledge of automated dispensing systems: fill, troubleshoot, load/unload,
maintain database. - Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office required.
- Participates in educational programs and in-service meetings as required.
- Ability to lift/carry up to 30 pounds.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested
- Operates within the established policies and procedures of the department.
- Frequent decisions regarding prioritizing or adjusting duties may need to be done
independently.
Schedule: 32 hours a week no evenings or weekends. Rotation of holiday coverage.
Average pay is $16.93 -$20.28/hour depending on experience.
Salary : $17 - $20
