What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at St. Luke's Health?
Overview
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
Responsibilities
The Pharmacy Tech assists the pharmacist with tasks involved in providing high quality pharmacy services to our patients, including the preparation of IV admixtures, filling medication requests, and maintaining pharmacy inventory.
$16.30 - $25.68 /hour
CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
Responsibilities
The Pharmacy Tech assists the pharmacist with tasks involved in providing high quality pharmacy services to our patients, including the preparation of IV admixtures, filling medication requests, and maintaining pharmacy inventory.
- Assist the Pharmacist in filling medication orders, prescriptions and pharmacy stock
- Perform distributive Functions to patient care areas and pharmacy areas, to include pick-up and delivery orders and/or medications
- Inventory and maintain appropriate pharmaceutical stock levels in storage, automated dispensing devices, and patient care areas to assure adequate medication supplies are available to meet patient care needs
- Perform and document quality assurance/control tasks in a complete and timely manner to assure the highest quality of pharmaceutical services
- Maintain pharmacy work areas in a neat, clean and orderly fashion, and ensure that all drugs and supplies returned from patient care areas are appropriately returned to stock or wasted as required in a timely manner
- Assist the pharmacist in filling medication orders, prescriptions, and pharmacy stock
- Accurately prepare medications for the pharmacist to check, including appropriate auxiliary labels, in a timely manner
- Assure that a pharmacist’s final check, when appropriate, and signature documentation of all products has occurred prior to their delivery
- Attend promptly to the directives of the pharmacist and supervisory personnel
- Accurately prepare sterile products in a timely manner, adhering to required aseptic technique at all times
- Accurately select the appropriate drug product(s) required for the preparation of sterile products and assure that all necessary components are available for final check by the pharmacist
- May be Responsible for purchasing activities
- Assist pharmacists in code situations
- High School Diploma/GED required
- Registered Pharmacy Technician (CPHT) with the Texas State Board of Pharmacy or pharmacy school student intern card
- Aseptic Technique – Complete an ACPE approved 40 hour sterile products course
$16.30 - $25.68 /hour
Salary : $16 - $26
