Pharmacy Tech 2 Certified - Chicago, United States - Rush University
Description
Location:
Chicago, IL
Hospital:
RUSH University Medical Center
Department:
Pharmacy Services
- Administration
Work Type:
Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)
Shift:
Shift 4
Work Schedule:8 Hr (9:30:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM)
Summary:
The Pharmacy Technician 2 Certified performs duties such as prescription data entry, labeling, preparing and filling of medication orders for patients of the retail pharmacy.
Other information:
Required Job Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/GED required.
- Current State of Illinois Pharmacy Technician licensure required.
- Current PTCB Pharmacy Technician Certification (CPhT) required.
- At least two years of experience in a customer serviceoriented pharmacy environment or related field.
- Excellent data entry skills.
- Flexibility with work schedule.
- Good problem solving skills and the ability to work independently and quickly in responding to and resolving a wide range of problems.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Dependable in attendance and job performance.
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Team player with a positive attitude and work ethic.
- Ability to use telephone, computer systems, laminar air flow hoods, copiers, fax machines, calculator and other office equipment as necessary.
Physical Demands:
- Normal office, warehouse and clinical environments.
- May be exposed to certain hazardous materials, including but not limited to bloodborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, cleaning and sanitizing agents.
Responsibilities:
- Recognizes and identifies various classes of drugs and their generic and trade names.
- Assists pharmacists in coordinating and scheduling preparation of sterile admixtures.
- Performs pharmaceutical math with understanding and accuracy, including: fundamental math functions, common apothecary and metric conversions, pharmaceutical dose calculations, and parenteral dose calculations.
- Familiar with abbreviation symbols and equivalents used in pharmacy communications.
- Understands various drugs' storage requirements, dosage forms and compounding techniques. Demonstrates understanding and proficiency of extemporaneous compounding skills.
- Possesses proficient data entry skills. Demonstrates essential computer skills such as order entry, label generation, drug pricing, and third party billing. Prioritizes workload to maintain an efficient workflow.
- Recognizes various billing plan codes and which drugs are covered under these different plans.
- Assists in looking up information to answer general information questions. Refers questions regarding drug information or patient specific questions to a pharmacist.
- Ensures the I.V. preparation room and related equipment are cleaned, calibrated and maintained per organizational policy and procedure.
- Updates/revises patient inventory usage numbers in the computer based on actual usage, change in orders, and communication with other team members.
- Remains alert to customer needs and provides prompt, courteous customer service.
- Responds to and resolves patient/customer problems in an appropriate and timely fashion using proper channels.
- Maintains work area in an organized and orderly fashion, including facing of shelves and returning medications to shelves.
- Checks and maintains adequate supply of stock necessary to fill prescriptions. Orders stock well in advance of running out. Follows up with stock back orders and processes balancedue prescriptions.
- Maintains CE hours required to retain CPhT certification.
- Attends department meetings as scheduled.
- Performs other duties as assigned
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