Pharmacy Technician Trainee

About the Role

Functions as a Pharmacy Technician as defined by the Iowa Board of Pharmacy. Assists pharmacists in preparing and distributing sterile and non-sterile medications and maintaining accurate medication records. All duties are performed under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

Key Responsibilities

• Professionalism:

• Fosters a positive work culture centered on honesty, openness, and integrity.

• Builds and maintains relationships with members of the health care team by placing an emphasis on open communication.

• Inspires and motivates members of the health care team by promoting department morale.

• Strives to ensure the success of the team as a whole over personal success.

• Effectively balances the responsibilities of the team and individual team members.

• Demonstrates a commitment to the development and achievement of common goals within the department and hospital system.

• Integrates and demonstrates FOCUS values and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide professional behaviors, while adhering to the policies and procedures of UPH-DM.

• Demonstrates a commitment to the improvement of patient care, customer satisfaction, and team member performance.

• Encourages and provides constructive feedback to identify opportunities for improvement within the department.

• Operational Functions:

• Prepares and distributes medication products to fulfill medication orders.

• Utilizes automation to assure safe and accurate distribution and secure storage of medications.

• Compounds sterile medications in an appropriate clean room environment to assure a safe, accurate, and sterile product, in accordance with facility, state, and federal laws and regulations (including USP 797 and 800).

• Demonstrates competency, precision, and accuracy in the preparation of compounded products.

• Compounds non-sterile medications in an appropriate compounding area to assure a safe and accurate product in accordance with facility, state, and federal laws and regulations (including USP 795).

• Answers the telephone, identifying self and department and directing calls to appropriate personnel in a professional and courteous manner.

• Ensures appropriate and adequate medication inventory by restocking, rotating stock, removing expired medications, packaging medications, and ordering supplies.

• Accurately performs data entry for patient billing.

• Ensures proper medication storage.

• Maintains a neat, clean, orderly, and secure department.

• Compliance:

• Ensures the appropriate preparation and distribution of medications in accordance with facility, state, and national laws and regulations.

• Assures compliance with HIPAA, DNV, OSHA, and other state and federal regulations guiding healthcare.

• Adheres to policies and procedures of UPH-DM.

• Prioritizes the importance of preventing errors, accidents, and infections within the workplace and reports potential or actual concerns immediately.

• Completes all competency and skills assessment requirements.

• Participates in and completes pharmacy technician orientation.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Pharmacy Technician Trainee registration with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.
• Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or other nationally recognized certification provider.
• Proficient in using computer systems.

Qualifications

• Education:
• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Proficiently read, write, and speak English.
• Strong math skills, with some basic algebra.
• Some college training preferred.
• Experience:
• One year of experience in a hospital or retail pharmacy desirable.
• Experience in a health care facility desirable.
• Licenses/Certifications:
• Must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician Trainee, Pharmacy Technician, or Pharmacist-Intern (if enrolled in a college of pharmacy) with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy, prior to the commencement of employment.
• Must be a Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or other nationally recognized certification provider.
• Must maintain a current Iowa Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacist-Intern registration and be in good standing with the Iowa Board of Pharmacy.
• Must provide photocopies of renewal certificates to the Pharmacy Management Team prior to the expiration dates of current certificates.