Pharmacy Technician - Danbury Health Systems : Job Details

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations - Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York.

JOB SUMMARY

Under direction of the Director of Pharmacy, the pharmacy technician assist in the preparation and distribution of medications, maintains drug inventory, and patient records. Pharmacy technicians work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist in providing safe and effective medication management for the patients at Vassar Brothers Medical Center (VBMC).

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Obtains right drug, in right dose, and in right quantity, as stated on medication label

* Prepares medication in time for next delivery; or immediately if a STAT order as per policy

* Organizes medications to be checked by the pharmacist on duty and delivered at time of next round

* Ensures barcodes are visible, and affixes barcodes when necessary

* Assists pharmacists in the overall operation of the IV room

* Prepares & labels IV medications, when necessary

* Follows department policies for preparation of I.V. products using aseptic technique and proper procedure for hand-washing and cleanliness

* Medication delivery to all areas of VBMC, and offsite locations

* Removes medications from patient care areas (i.e. discharged patients)

* Refills Pyxis med stations

* Restocks IV room and clean room with appropriate medication and supplies

* Documents refrigerator temperatures & outcome of any refrigerators previously out of bounds

* Retrieves pharmacy returns and return to stock upon return to pharmacy

* Replaces damaged, or missing Pyxis cubies

* Repairs failed Pyxis pockets and drawers

* Labels all outgoing medications with appropriate auxiliary labels in accordance with current pharmacy policies (i.e. Look Alike Sound Alike, High Alert, Hazardous, etc)

* Performs basic Pyxis functions including loading and unloading medications, print basic reports, and troubleshooting

* Triages incoming telephone calls and pharmacy window inquiries, and transfer medication-related questions to pharmacist, when appropriate

* Affixes labels so that all applicable information including drug name, strength, solution, date of preparation, and expiration are visible

* Disposes properly of sharps and bio-hazardous waste in accordance with hospital policy

* Maintains narcotics in stock and places orders when necessary

* Analyzes all controlled substances sheets for discrepancies or incompleteness and sends notification to respective nursing unit managers

* Assists in the needs of the department on a daily basis including schedule adjustments and ad-hoc projects

* Drugs returned from nursing units are placed back into main stock daily

* Assists in the maintenance of proper stock for the department by documenting / communicating low stock items

JOB REQUIREMENTS

* High School Diploma or equivalent

* Must be certified to work in hospital setting

* We are only hiring experienced Pharmacy Technicians for our PRN roles

Position Summary:

* Location: Vassar Brothers Medical Center

* Work Type: Per Diem shifts through out the week - 8 hour shifts

* Work Schedule: Day/Eve 8

* Work Shift: Day/Eve, Rotating Weekends; 6a-230p, 7a-330p, 1230-9p, 2-1030p, 330p-12a

* Department: Pharmacy

* Salary: 16.32-31.05 bases upon experience