Mercyhealth

  • Janesville, WI


  • Permanent

  • Full-time

Department/Skill highlights

  • This position works in our Janesville Hospital and Trauma Center
  • This position can have a varied first shift start times and is full time.
  • This is an advanced tech position within the inpatient pharmacy.

Beginning Summary

Experience a rewarding and fulfilling career with Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

  • Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
  • Teamwork toward our common goal – providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
  • An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

Essential duties and Responsibilities

  • Demonstrates competency and adherence to all required elements of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Chapters 795, 797, and 800 according to ISMP guidelines.
  • Ensures compliance with hazardous waste collection and disposal procedures.
  • Responsible for training new technicians and pharmacists with respect to Mercyhealth IV clean room and anteroom procedures.
  • Prepares all intravenous solutions including Dialysate, Epidural, TPN, Investigational, and Chemotherapy.
  • Orders, restocks and maintains IV room inventory (chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy) and provides general maintenance of IV stock area, including monitoring of outdated drugs and Beyond Use Dating.
  • Places IV drug order (chemotherapy and non-chemotherapy) with wholesaler and processes receipt and restocking of drugs when delivered.
  • Monitors Dispense Prep accuracy and compliance.
  • Monitors accuracy and timeliness of IV medication administration utilizing electronic medication administration record.
  • Performs duties of Pharmacy Purchaser in his/her absence.
  • Participates in annual inventory process.
  • Processes and enters patient charges (if applicable), and ancillary department charges into the computer.
  • Serves on at least one multidisciplinary committee within the health system such as Medication Safety and/or serves on a Local, State, or National Committee as a technician.
  • Ability to work at multiple Mercyhealth hospital pharmacies.

Education and Experience

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required
  • Minimum of three years of Retail or Hospital pharmacy experience required.
  • Minimum of one year of hospital pharmacy experience.
  • Must be cross trained and able to work proficiently and independently at designated pharmacy locations
  • To obtain and maintain a Pharmacy Technician Level 3 status, the pharmacy technician must demonstrate proficiency in Chemotherapy preparation, knowledge of USP Chapters 795 (Pharmaceutical Compounding – Nonsterile Preparation), 797 (Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparation), and 800 (Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs).

Certifications/Licensure

  • Pharmacy Technician Certification Board required

Special Physical Demands

  • The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Function of the position with or without accommodations.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to feel, finger, handle, or grasp items for fine motor skills; reach with hands and arms, and talk/ hear. Must be able to crouch or squat to reach items. Push carts. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Keywords

  • Pharmacy, Technician, Retail Pharmacy, Hospital Pharmacy

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