What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy ADC Automation Tech I position at UPMC?
Pharmacy ADC Automation Tech I
Full-time, Day Shift, Monday through Friday, No weekends.
AFSCME - Union
Posted: February 3, 2025
Purpose:
Responsible for maintaining all Pharmacy automated dispensing devices, related products, and software. This includes but is not limited to Automated Drug Cabinets (ADC), Oral Solid Packagers, Vertical Carousel Storage Cabinets, and Narcotic Storage/Dispensing Cabinets (C-II Safe) Pandora. The Technicians will be responsible and proficient at running required reports, updating software, building storage drawers, and all user echelon maintenance. He/she will be responsible for inventory adjustments to reduce the stockouts, reduce dormant medications add new medications, or increase the inventory of existing drugs. He/she will also be responsible for user maintenance and staff education to include but not necessarily limited to Nursing, Pharmacy Techs, and Pharmacists. The Technician will also need to have a full understanding of how the host interacts with the ADC and other automated inventory retrieval systems. Responsible for the proper storage and distribution of drugs; receives and accounts for drugs coming from all vendors. Delivers drugs to patient care and other areas; picks up drug returns and applicable paperwork; and puts all returned unit-dose products back to proper receipts. Responsible for filling patient drug boxes, floor stock orders, and automated dispensing cabinets. Assists Pharmacists as directed. Maintains daily reports.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains Users in all systems used as required.
- Basic understanding of the concept of physical stability and chemical stability as it relates to parenteral pharmaceuticals.
- Builds, updates, moves, and revises current automation equipment.
- Provide staff education to provide for the end users optimization of the product.
- Perform basic pharmaceutical calculations.
- Work with IT on Pharmacy Automation/Host issues.
- Optimize inventory to reduce the number of stockouts.
- Understands microbial contamination and exhibits Aseptic Technique while preparing sterile pharmaceutical products.
- Correctly interpret physician orders and can distinguish between pharmaceutical orders, laboratory tests, radiology, nursing, and other orders.
- Prepare correct labeling for bulk drugs.
- Repackages drugs into a unit-of-use container.
- Coordinates and schedules manufacturer preventative maintenance.
- Accurately fills floor stock requests.
- Provide user-level maintenance.
- Selects drugs from stock in the proper dose, dosage form, and quantity as ordered by a physician under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
- Perform monthly medication storage area inspections.
