Pharmacy Tech - Full Time

Pharmacy Tech - Full Time

Clinical Ladder eligible

POSITION SUMMARY:

Assists the pharmacist in various aspects of pharmacy practice except clinical decision making.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

License Required:

• Must be registered with the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacy technician or able to be registered at the time of hire.

Minimum Work Experience:

• Ability to communicate with employees, physicians, patients and administrative staff in a courteous and professional manner.
• One year hospital experience preferred, but not required.

POSITION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Record Keeping/Billing

• Ability to perform medication reconciliations and accurately document the provided information. 
• Ability to properly check in narcotics into an automated dispensing system (Pyxis).
• Understands pharmacy billing system and how to accumulate charges.
• Understands how to inventory Pyxis and resolve discrepancies.

Medications

• Accurately orders medications for the hospital and clinics. 
• Accurately prepares clinic orders. 
• Performs medication outdates accurately and in a timely manner. 
• Accurately delivers medications to the nurse and/or automated dispensing system. 
• Checks the patient specific bins daily and remove any medications that do not belong to the patient.
• Will empty the return bins of all automated dispensing systems daily.
• Fills orders on the Pyxis fill sheets accurately, promptly and at the correct time.
• Knowledge of the pharmacy system for reordering medications and supplies.
  1. Properly files invoices and purchase orders.
• Ability to prepack medications in accordance to federal and state law.
• Accurately checks infusion center schedule and properly orders the required medications.

Intravenous (IV) Medication 

• Understands the workflow of Intravenous medication preparation.
• Follows directions of the pharmacist on duty regarding the preparation of IV medications. 
• Complies with USP 797 and USP 800 requirements.  
• Delivers IV solutions to the correct location and at the specified time. 
  1. The employee is cognizant of any past due, discontinued or outdated solutions or medications and reports them to the pharmacist on duty.
• Retrieves and credits all unused IV solutions and medications that have been discontinued when applicable. 

Chemotherapy Preparation

• Willing and able to complete chemotherapy preparation training and adhere to USP 800 standards and CVH policy.

BENEFITS: If you are scheduled to work part-time at least 20 hours per week and full-time at least 32 hours per week, you are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment.

• NO STATE INCOME TAX
• Hometown Health Medical, EyeMed Vision, Guardian Dental and Flexible Spending Account.
• Vanguard 401(k) with match.
• Employer paid Care Flight Membership for your household (full-time employees) (A Division of REMSA).
• Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance.
• Unum Supplemental Insurance (Critical Illness, Accident, Short Term & Long Term Disability).
• Earned Time Off, Sick Leave and Paid Holidays.
• Nevada 529 College Fund.
• Unum Employee Assistance Program.
• Employer paid Credit monitoring and Identity Theft Program through CyberScout.
• Tuition Reimbursement, Clinical Ladder* & HRSA Loan Repayment Program* (*for qualifying positions).
• Priority Childcare Enrollment with the Boys and Girls Club of Western NV for ages 9 months .
• Paid Volunteer Hours for staff to help in the community.
• and More...

CARSON VALLEY HEALTH IS PROUD TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A FINALIST IN THE

"BEST PLACES TO WORK" - NORTHERN NEVADA, 2021, 2022 & 2024!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO OUR TEAM!!