Pharmacy Technician

Summary:

The Pharmacy Technician will provide technical assistance in the dispensing of prescribed medications and pharmaceutical preparations.

Compensation:

$20.60 - $25.99

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Administrative Functions:

1. Retrieves and delivers inpatient medications orders and supplies.
2. Prepares unit-dose medications specific to patient needs including patient’s weight, allergies, and age (pediatric, neonate, adolescent, adults, and geriatric).
3. Performs medications order entry into the pharmacy computer system.
4. Assists pharmacists in filling ambulatory prescriptions specific to patient needs including patient’s weight, allergies, and age (pediatric, neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric).
5. Assists in record keeping activities in any assigned area.
6. Maintains adequate drug inventories in pharmacy areas and patient care areas.
7. Compounds bulk and extemporaneous pharmaceuticals specific to patients needs including weight and age (pediatric, neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric).
8. Performs automated compounding repackaging and cart-fill.
9. Prepares sterile products utilizing aseptic technique.
10. Communicates effectively with other pharmacy employees, healthcare professionals, and patients while appropriately recognizing age (pediatric, neonate, adolescent, adult, and geriatric).
11. Maintains a neat clean and organized work area.
12. Demonstrates flexibility in staffing assignments.
13. Adheres to internal controls established for department.
14. Other duties as assigned.
    
    

Clinical Functions:

1. Provides quality care to the patients of Borrego Health, within the scope of practice outlined by state or federal law.
2. Delivers care in accordance with established standard of care and accepted community standards. 
3. Understands the organizations commitment to provide high quality patient care. Promotes a Patient centered environment.

Strategic:

1. Achieves Borrego Health’s vision, goals and objectives for department that are in alignment with organizational strategic plan.
2. Communicates vision, goals and objectives within own departments and with other departments, including regular department updates regarding current activities.
3. Maintains awareness of job responsibilities, challenges, barriers and needs within reporting line.
4. Contributes to department progress and maintains accountability, recommending, and participating in department and/or personnel evaluation and improvement efforts as necessary.
5. Effectively collaborates with other departments to work toward shared goals and common vision
6. Maintains awareness of how department fits into the bigger organizational picture
7. Maintains knowledge of regulatory and oversight requirements and ensures compliance

Program:

1. Maintains awareness of organizational hierarchy, systems, and processes, and participates in process improvement initiatives, as necessary.
2. Representative of Borrego Health internally and externally 
3. Presents and pursues opportunities for further organizational development and growth
4. Acknowledges role in productivity and quality improvement
5. Ensures adherence of department policies and procedures, and adheres to appropriate organization-wide implementation processes

Service:

1. Actively supports, promotes, and works to fulfill the Mission, Vision and core values of Borrego Health.
2. Embodies Borrego Health’s core values- Accountability, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, Commitment, Loyalty and Excellence.
3. Provides excellent internal and external customer service.
4. Demonstrates Borrego Health’s Standards of Customer Service Behavior:  Compassion, Attitude, Communication, Appearance, Sense of Ownership, and Teamwork.
5. Participates in on-going customer service trainings.
6. In every action, seeks to promote Borrego Health as a top service organization.
7. Contributes to the success of the organization by participating in quality improvement activities.
8. Complies with all Borrego Health policies and procedures and proactively participates in the implementation of new initiatives

Safety:

1. Ensures compliance with policies and procedures related to safe work practices.
2. Uses all appropriate equipment and/or tools to ensure workplace safety. 
3. Immediately reports unsafe working conditions.

            Privacy/Compliance:     

1. Maintains privacy and security of all patient, employee, and volunteer information and access to such information. Such information is accessed on a need to know basis for business purposes only. 
2. Complies with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations. Reports unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful behavior or activity.
3. Upholds strict ethical standards

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Diploma from an approved High School or GED Equivalent.
2. California State Board of Pharmacy Registration.
3. Education/certificate to attain License. 
4. All staff that is presently working within a clinic is required to have a Current and Valid CPR and First Aide certification on file with the Human Resources Department. This is for clinical and administrative staff. This new license requirement is mandatory for continued employment, CPR and First Aide certification must be obtained through the American Heart Association. Internet certificates do not comply and for this reason are not valid.