Pharmacy Technician - Inpatient - Full Time Rotating - West Bloomfield

Join Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital as an Inpatient Pharmacy Technician.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Schedule: Full Time, Rotating Shifts

Location: West Bloomfield, Inpatient - Central Pharmacy

The inpatient pharmacy technician works under the supervision of a pharmacist and assists in the preparation of medications for patients. The pharmacy technician receives medication orders, enters medication orders into the pharmacy computer system, prepares medications and labels for dispensing, delivers medications to patient care areas, maintains drug inventory in dispensing areas, maintains appropriate records and processes medication charges for services rendered.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Picks up medication orders and delivers medications to patient care areas on a routine and emergency basis.

• Accurately interprets and enters medication orders into the pharmacy computer system.

• Determines quantities needed to fill prescriptions and prepares prescription medications for dispensing following established policy and procedure.

• Aseptically compounds and labels intravenous solutions according to prescription formula or instructions.

• Fills unit dose cassettes with appropriate medications.

• Generates appropriate computer reports in a timely fashion.

• Maintains accurate and up-to-date admission, discharge, and transfer information.

• Exchanges unit dose cassettes in patient care areas.

• Checks expiration dates and returns items to their correct stock locations.

• Processes discontinued drug orders and performs medication billing functions for services rendered.

• Obtains necessary medications from pharmacy stock areas.

• Collects and records data as needed for workload statistics and maintains other necessary records.

  This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.