Medication Reconciliation Technician | 40 hours per week | Pharmacy

Minimum Hiring Wage:

From $18.89 per hour

Job Details:

Scheduled Hours: Day Shift, 8 hours, no weekends but on call hours

Job Description:

A Brief Overview

Works under the supervision of the Pharmacy Technician Manager, in collaboration with hospital pharmacists, performing review of patient home medications: Entering and updating the list of these medications assuring appropriate dose, route, frequency and duration of therapy for patients to be admitted thru the Emergency Department or as direct admissions. May perform these duties for ED patients who are treated and released as assigned. Effectively interacts with the patient, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining high standards of professional nursing.

What You Will Do

• Conducts interviews of patients and caregivers to prepare an accurate home medication history for physician review and approval.
• Accurately enters a patient's medication history and pharmacy data into Cerner.
• Interacts with and provides medication history and other related patient information to nurses, physicians, pharmacists and other medical professionals as appropriate.
• Actively participates in ongoing quality improvement programs focused on medication reconciliation.
• As an integral member of the pharmacy team and under the supervision of a pharmacist is responsible for working with newly admitted patients in the hospital to obtain and document an accurate medication list to help avoid medication duplications, omissions, and errors.
• They will use this to determine medication orders during the hospital admission and upon discharge from the hospital. Knowledge of pharmaceutical terminology, metric systems, and computer systems is necessary, in addition to excellent customer service skills and the ability to effectively work and communicate with patients, staff, and outside providers. T
• Practice will be in accordance with laws and regulations.
  
  

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required
• Computer and typing skills required
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming associated with the tasks of pharmacy technicians.
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Teaching others how to do something.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Pharmacy Technician Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) (United States of America) within 1 Year Required
  
  

Qualifications:

Specific for Park Place: Iowa Board of Pharmacy Technician License or equivalent certification CNA license is applicable.

Benefits:

We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:

• Competitive base pay
• Matching retirement programs
• Health, Dental and Vision plans
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans
• Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Education Assistance Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Discounted cafeteria meals
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Service Recognition program
• Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity
  
  

Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.