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Job Posting Title:
Pharmacy Technician
Location:
Dallas - Hospital
Additional Posting Details:
PRN, as needed
Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts, 7am - 6:30 pm
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
Job Posting Title:
Pharmacy Technician
Location:
Dallas - Hospital
Additional Posting Details:
PRN, as needed
Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts, 7am - 6:30 pm
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
- Assist in prescription order entry, medication assembly, and acquisition of patient information and demonstrate knowledge and competency of inventory processes, mathematical calculations, and universal precautions
- Assist with all aspects of customer service including promptly answering phones and greeting and assisting walk-in customers, escorting patients and processing mail out prescriptions
- Assist with all Omnicell functions including stock refills, medication build, user build and maintenance of drug files and barcodes
- Knowledgeable to order medications for the department, from the wholesaler or secondary sources, and complete the receipt and storage of products, maps barcodes, processes invoices; maintains accurate pharmacy system inventory
- Pre-package bulk medications into unit-dose packaging in an accurate and timely manner and maintain adequate inventory levels
- Prepare prescriptions for dispensing by the pharmacist and fill stock replacements
- Help maintain an orderly, clean environment including cleanliness of pharmacy stock and supplies
- Maintain competencies and practices related to USP 797 for sterile compounding including, but not limited to, hand hygiene, garbing, cleaning and disinfecting, calculations and mixing, aseptic technique, achieving and maintaining sterility, use of equipment and required documentation for environmental factors and mixing records
- Compound extemporaneous preparations in accordance with current standards of practice
- Prioritize workflow for operational functions that includes inventory management, medication retrieval and labeling, IV compounding, drug delivery and requisition of supplies
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) and Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) required
- Compounded Sterile Preparations Certificate for Pharmacy Technicians is required
- 1-2 years of hospital pharmacy experience is preferred
- Must have good communication skills, effective interpersonal skills, and computer skills
- Working conditions: Inside
- Working Position: Sitting/Walking
- Physical Demands: Medium
- Physical Requirements: Repetitive Movement, Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, and Stooping/Kneeling/Bending
- An Individual in this position will be required to list or carry weight in this group: 11-24 lbs
- Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Speaking
- An Individual in this position will be exposed to: Inside environment, Bloodborne Pathogens, Loud Noise, Chemical Hazards, and Respiratory Hazards
