What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Technician position at Noxubee Medical Complex?
We are seeking a Certified Pharmacy Technician to join our team. The ideal candidate will assist pharmacists in preparing and distributing medications, maintaining patient records, receive drug orders, and providing excellent customer service.
Essential Job Functions:
- Supports pharmacological services by stocking, assembling, ordering and distributing medications.
- Work within the hospital EHR to ensure accurate medication administration.
- Do various tasks involving the automated dispensing cabinets.
- Prepare oral medication unit dose packages.
- Helps health care providers and patients by greeting them in person and by phone, answering questions and requests, and referring inquiries to the pharmacist.
- Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed medications and supplies, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and removing outdated drugs.
- Maintains a safe and clean pharmacy by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
- Organizes medications for pharmacist to dispense by reading medication orders and prescriptions, preparing labels, calculating quantities, and assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
- Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.
- Generates revenues by calculating, recording, and issuing charges.
- Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and departments.
- Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed and during emergency situations.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Pharmacy Technician Qualifications / Skills:
- Supply management
- Organization
- Integrity
- Reporting skills
- Attention to detail
- Dependability
- Creating a safe, effective environment
- Quality focus
- Analyzing information
- Informing others
Required Certifications/Licenses: Licensed as a Pharmacy Technician by the MS State Board of Pharmacy
Position Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person