What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Pharmacy Technician, 40hrs position at Winchester Hospital?
Job Type: Regular
Time Type: null
Work Shift: Rotating (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Contributes to the Hospital’s mission to care, heal and to excel in service to our community by restocking medication, including controlled substances, to patient care units. This clinical staff position will have an impact on improving safety and quality of our patients by keeping the Pyxis medication stations updated to ensure proper and timely medication distribution.Job Description:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education Required: High school diploma or G.E.D
Experience Preferred: At least one year as a certified pharmacy technician and
experience with Pyxis automated medication system.
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS
Required: Pharmacy Technician National Certification and Pharmacy Technician
JOB FUNCTIONS
As part of the Pharmacy team, the Certified Pharmacy Technician:
- Providing support to the patient care team assisting in medication dispensing.
- Restocks clinical unit automated medication dispensing station by visiting assigned patient.
- Prepares I.V. antibiotics and compound admixtures by injecting medications into large volume solutions under the direction of the pharmacist.
- Delivers medication to patient unit and Winchester Hospital locations that is not stocked in the automated medication dispensing station.
- Assists pharmacist in answering phone calls from clinicians as it pertains to patient medication requests.
- Replaces Pyxis station narcotic stock on patient care units on a daily basis and obtains proper sign off from clinicians on the unit.
- Assembles code cart trays with required medications and returns to specific patient unit promptly.
- Prepares pre-package stock medication, cream and ointment into individual doses for distribution to patients.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
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