What are the responsibilities and job description for the Coordinator of Quality Assurance and Automation - Pharmacy Tech position at Humboldt Park Health?
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Controlled Substance Functions
- Follows all NAH Controlled Substance Policies and Procedures
- Orders controlled substance from drug distributors and specialty pharmacies. Follows NAH procedure for ordering controlled substances
- Checks controlled substance deliver from distributor/ specialty pharmacy and verifies proper documentation in placing order into controlled substance (C-II) safe
- Maintains the inventory in C-II safe for all controlled substance dispensed, returned, and purchased. Recommends changes of inventory to management
- Resolves all discrepancies in C-II Safe Daily
- Follow-up on outside-the-pharmacy narcotic discrepancies daily
- Keep controlled substance records accurate and up-to-date in compliance with federal and state regulations and hospital policy.
- Prepare expired controlled substance bin for pick-up
- Report all problems and resolution to supervisory personnel
- Answers all phone calls / questions regarding controlled substance distribution from nursing units, pharmacy personnel, and drug distributors
- Provides training for new pharmacy personnel on controlled substance distribution system
- Provides Quality Assurance Reports regarding controlled substances as requested to P&T and QA/PI committee.
- Reports all problems or issues with controlled substances to pharmacy management immediately.
- Monitor Omicell reports for diversion.
- User login maintenance
- Provide new user access to the Omnicell and other electronic pharmacy systems by verifying licensure
- Maintain user files for Omnicell and other electronic pharmacy systems
- Expire employees from Omnicell as termination list is received
- Keep appropriate user records as deemed appropriate for monitoring
- Maintains Omnicell®system within the hospital
- Monitor and report all daily problems to management staff
- Review and adjust inventory fill levels and remove non-critical medications which have no usage.
- Work with manager of area to ensure all issues and problems are addressed, resolutions implemented, and communicated to staff
- Train all technicians on all operations of Omnicell® and how to trouble shoot Omnicell® related problems
- Efficiently use Omnicell® customer service for trouble shooting
- Monitor and schedule routine cleaning and manitenance of Omnicell® machines on each nursing unit
- Notify manager of area about chronic equipment problems
- Participate in PI/QA activities related to automated distribution system – Override, Stockout, and other reports as requested
- Prepare training materials for nursing staff education when an issue is identified or to communicate changes; work with pharmacy technicians and pharmacists to provide those inservices or education
- Create and update tools for educating technicians to use Omnicell® efficiently
- Attend pharmacy department Omnicell® committee meetings
- Meet with any Omnicell® technician/support personnel who come to the pharmacy for a service call to understand what was done
- Periodically audit that technicians are putting in expiration dates when loading medications and work with staff and managers to ensure procedures are followedOmnicell® Distribution Services
- Orders vaccines and performs record keeping duties with VFC and Chicago public health.