Pharmacy Technician Per Diem – St. Peters Hospital Position Available In Albany, New York

Job Order Number:

DG0211035

Job Title:

Pharmacy Technician Per Diem – St. Peter’s Hospital

Company:

Trinity Health Location:

Albany, NY

Salary:

Education:

Information Not Provided

Experience:

Information Not Provided

Hours:

Duration:

Full Time, Regular

Shift:

Description:

• Employment Type:

• Part time

• Shift:

• Rotating Shift

• Description:

• Pharmacy Technician – St. Peter’s Hospital
• Per Diem

• Position Highlights:

• + •Magnet Hospital•+ •

Quality of Life:

• Where career opportunities and quality of life converge+

• Advancement:

• Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development+

• Work/Life:

• Positions and shifts to accommodate all schedules

• Responsibilities:

• MEDICATION DISTRIBUTION

• Inpatient Pharmacy
• + Understands process and timetable for processing first doses and manual picks via Pyxis Logistics application and through MedCarousel.

+ Understands process for filling cart fill patient drawers via Pyxis Logistics application and through MedCarousel.+ Accurately sends Pharmacy items to appropriate nursing units utilizing Pneumatic Tube system.+ Accurately picks meds and restocks Pyxis MedStations using both manual system and via Pyxis Logistics application.+ Accurately picks narcotics and utilizes C-II Safe appropriately.+ Delivers patient medication cassettes/ Chemotherapy/Parenteral Nutrition solutions to patient care areas+ Scans shelves in area on monthly basis to check for expired drugs.+ Understands process and timetable for separating and prioritizing small volume parenteral label run+ Appropriately handles incoming phone calls

• Pharmacy Satellite
• + Delivers emergent patient medications and IV products to OR, Pre-Op and PACU when procedural area personnel not available+ Scans shelves in area on monthly basis to check for expired drugs.+ Accurately restocks Pyxis MedStations using both manual and Pyxis Logistics application in assigned areas.+ Appropriately handles incoming phone calls

• MEDICATION PREPARATION

• Inpatient Pharmacy
• + Cart Filling and baggie filling is accurate-selects proper medication, strength, dosage form, and quantity.

+ Selects proper medication, strength, dosage form, and quantity for batching or packaging & labeling.+ Prepares controlled substance orders for dispensing to Pyxis MedStations and returns controlled substances as needed.+ Premixed and compounded IV large and small volume parenterals are correctly labeled.+ Uses proper hand washing technique, follows aseptic technique/USP 797 guidelines while in hood.+ Utilizes syringe and needles, etc. in proper manner to assure sterility+ Cleans hoods and resets special set-ups after each use.+ Changes tubing and set-ups at the correct times+ Mixes chemotherapy according to Vertical Flow Hood specifications and proper procedure for Hazardous Medications.+ Accurately follows written Special Procedures to prepare compounded IV and non-IV products.+ Restocks PacMed, packages doses on demand.+ Accurately packages, into unit of use packaging, and labels medications.+ Accurately repackages medications, able to prioritize medications.+ Prepares the various types of emergency kits.

• Pharmacy Satellite
• + Premixed and compounded IV large and small volume parenterals are correctly labeled.

+ Compounded IV large and small volume admixtures are prepared using aseptic technique and according to USP 797 guidelines.+ Uses proper hand washing technique, follows laminar flow guidelines while in hood.+ Utilizes syringe and needles, etc. in proper manner to assure sterility. Cleans hoods after each use.+ Selects proper medication and fluid for preparing IV Admixture products.+ Accurately follows written Special Procedures to prepare compounded IV and non-IV products

• INVENTORY

• Inpatient Pharmacy
• + Maintain adequate levels of drugs and supplies for assigned area+ Checks in and puts away drug/IV order.

Informs pharmacist/inventory technician of shortages, zeros and discrepancies.+ Returns to stock, discontinued medications, IVs and minibags, IVS and minibags from discharged patients by end of shift.+ Leaves work area adequately supplied for next shift.+ Utilizes Pyxis Logistics/PeopleSoft software successfully to requisition meds and supplies.+ Maintains MedCarouse