Wellstar

Integrated health system delivering comprehensive care

Lead Pharmacy Technician

PharmacyConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeRoswell, GA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Must be proficient in all responsibilities and duties of a pharmacy technician.
Must be capable of providing leadership to technicians and assisting the Technician Supervisor.
Must be capable of providing supervision to technicians assigned to the IV room, when applicable.
Must use proper medication selection, preparation, labeling, and distribution procedures while protecting patient confidentiality.
Must demonstrate aseptic technique, proper hand washing, and correct use of IV room attire, and comply with applicable Joint Commission, hospital, departmental, and USP 797 requirements.
Must complete an aseptic technique competency check-off and receive training and final approval from a pharmacist or supervisor before applicable IV room work.
Must be trained and approved to calibrate and operate the total parenteral nutrition machine, when applicable.
Must be capable of accurately adding users to the Pyxis system, loading medications, monitoring inventory levels, generating reports, troubleshooting minor issues, and restocking medications.
Must accurately prepackage and barcode medications, including required product, strength, National Drug Code, lot, and expiration information.
Must properly provide customer service by phone and at the front window.
Must process late, supplemental, operating room, nuclear, and exception report charges.
Must be capable of ordering supplies, obtaining purchase order numbers using the HSS system, processing wholesaler orders and invoices, handling returns, and reconciling invoices with statements for accounts payable.
Must be proficient in controlled substance distribution and accountability.
Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
Must hold Pharmacy Technician certification and be a Registered Pharmacy Technician upon hire.

Responsibilities

Select, fill, label, and initial patient-specific first-dose and as-needed medications, have them checked by a pharmacist, and deliver or tube them to the appropriate units, clearly identifying refrigerated items.
Fill patient-specific cart medications according to department procedure.
Deliver cart fills, first doses, and missing doses to hospital units while protecting patient information.
Generate labels, fill, obtain pharmacist checks for, and dispense requested missing doses to the appropriate floor or unit.
Prepare or compound ointments, creams, oral solutions, and other products.
Prepare small-volume intravenous piggyback doses using aseptic technique, on demand or with the intravenous batch.
Prepare specialty solutions, including epidural, intrathecal, intravenous immunoglobulin, Prolastin, sterile syringes, and chemotherapy, as required.
Prepare applicable neonatal syringes daily and assign a 24-hour expiration date; ensure a pharmacist checks admixtures before preparation.
Prepare large-volume admixtures, including electrolytes, potassium chloride, and maintenance fluids, as needed or with the intravenous batch.
Identify the correct additives for total parenteral nutrition and ensure pharmacist checks before injecting them.
Clean, disassemble, and reassemble total parenteral nutrition equipment tubing, replace additives, and run required reports, when applicable.
Clean the intravenous hood every shift or as needed, maintain the sterile work surface, and restock and maintain cleanliness in the IV room.
Load correct medications into Pyxis cubbies after pharmacist check, monitor par levels, and adjust them as needed.
Generate reports to fill, track, and identify or report discrepancies in the dispensing cabinet system.
Troubleshoot minor dispensing cabinet problems and recover failed cubbies or drawers.
Assist pharmacists and supply specialists in retrieving recalled medications.
Rotate through all pharmacy work areas.
Prepackage and barcode tablets, capsules, liquids, mouthwash, and oral syringes with accurate product labels.
Sort and store employee prescriptions from the Apothecary.
Coordinate training for new technicians and provide supervision when needed.
Assist the Technician Supervisor with specified areas of annual evaluations.
Restock emergency medications on code carts after use, arrange pharmacist checks before carts are sealed, and return carts to the unit or storage area as appropriate.
Inspect code carts quarterly for expired medications.
Perform monthly unit and pharmacy inspections for expired or obsolete medications and keep the assigned pharmacy area clean and dust-free.
Perform monthly expiration-date tracking for medications in Pyxis cabinets.

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Summary:

Must be proficient in all responsibilities and duties of Pharmacy Technician.Must be capable of providing leadership to Technicians. Provide assistance to Technician Supervisor. Must be able to provide supervision to Technicians assigned to IV room (when applicable)

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Medication Distribution Patient Specific
- a.First Dose and PRN must pull labels from medication and/or IV printer, select correct medication, correct strength, and correct form from shelves. Fill, label, and initial medication bag and leave for a pharmacist to check, then deliver or tube to the appropriate units. Remember to clearly identify refrigerated items.
- b.Cart Fill- Must fill patient specific medications in accordance with department procedure.
- c.Transportation- cart fill, first dose, and missing doses will be delivered to the appropriate units in the hospital, while practicing appropriate procedure to ensure confidentiality for all patients. (e.g.: covering patients labels, medication bags or any other item containing patient information)
- d.Missing Doses- upon request, must properly generate label, fill and have checked by a pharmacist, then dispense to the appropriate floor or unit.
- e.Product Preparation- must properly prepare/compound ointments, creams and oral solutions, etc IV Admixture
- a.Aseptic technique- must view and understand aseptic technique video. Demonstrate proper hand washing and proper use of IV Room attire (gown, gloves, mask, shoe and hair covers) Understand the TJC, hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Must complete an aseptic technique check off to show compliance with USP 797t, conducted by supervisor or approved IV Tech. Must be trained under direct supervision and final approval by the pharmacist or supervisors.
- b.Small volume- (IVPB) these items will be prepared upon demand or with the IV batch using aseptic technique.
- c.Specialty solutions- epidural, intrathecal, IVIG, Prolastin, sterile syringes and chemotherapy will be made as required.
- d.Syringes- Neonatal syringes (when applicable) will be made daily in the A.M. and given a 24 hours expiration date. A pharmacist prior to preparing syringes must check all admixtures.
- e.Large volume- (LVA) Electrolytes, KCL and maintenance fluids will be made as needed or with the IV batch.
- f.TPN- must be trained / approved to calibrate and operate the total parenteral nutrition machine. (when applicable) must identify correct additive to be used, a pharmacist must check prior to injecting additives.
- g.TPN Equipment- (when applicable) must clean, disassemble and reassemble all tubing. Replace all additives and run all required reports.
- h.Room cleaning and restocking- IV hood must be cleaned every shift and/or as needed to maintain sterile work surface. IV room must be restocked every shift or as needed. IV room must be clean atall times and cleared of any cardboard boxes, etc. Always ensure that all requirements and procedures of are met. (ADC) Automatic Dispensing Cabinet (Pyxis)
- a.User- must be capable of accurately adding new users to the PYXIS system.
- b.Product- must properly load cubies with correct medications. After checked by a pharmacist, cubie should be loaded into PYXIS. Monitor par levels, increase or decrease as needed.
- c.Reports- must be able to generate needed reports to fill, track, and identify/report all discrepancies.
- d.Minor Maintenance- must trouble shoot minor problems; recover failed cubies and/or drawers.
- e.Restock- must accurately fill medication, fluids and stock outs as needed.
- f.Recall- must assist the pharmacist and supply specialist in retrieving recall medications. Miscellaneous Activities:
- a.Rotate through all work areas of the pharmacy
- b.Prepackaging and bar-coding medications- must accurately label all tablets, capsules, liquids, mouthwash and oral syringes. (e.g. medication name, strength, NDC #, Lot, and expiration date.)
- c.Properly provide customer service with phone calls and front window.
- d.Process all charges: late charges, supplemental, OR charges, nuclear and exception report.
- e.Properly sort and store employee prescriptions from the Apothecary.
- f.Ordering supplies and obtaining PO #s using the HSS system.
- g.Capable of generating orders, checking in orders, completing invoices, processing returns using the wholesaler computer system, and reconciling invoices with statements for accounts payable.
- h.Coordinate training for new technicians and provide supervision when needed.
- i.Provide assistance to Technician Supervisor with specific areas of annual evaluations.
- j.Must be proficient in the distribution and accountability of Controlled Substance. Area Inspections:
- a.Code Cart- Must restock emergency medication when cart is used and return to pharmacy. A pharmacist must check the code cart before being sealed, code cart is returned to the unit or if spare cart is kept in pharmacy, return to storage area. Code Carts will be inspected quarterly for expired medications.
- b.Must perform monthly unit and pharmacy inspections for expired/obsolete medication. Also, ensure that assigned pharmacy area is clean and free of dust.
- c.Must perform monthly out date tracking on medications in the PYXIS cabinets.

Required Minimum Education:

High school diploma or equivalent Required

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Cert Pharmacy Tech
Registered Pharmacy Tech

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About the Company

Wellstar

Integrated health system delivering comprehensive care

Wellstar Health System provides medical care across Georgia through hospitals, clinics, outpatient centers, a pediatric center, nursing centers, hospice and home care services. It delivers care via an integrated network that combines primary and specialty medicine, supported by a large Emergency Department and multiple trauma centers, with patients accessing services through inpatient facilities, outpatient centers, and home-based care. The organization differentiates itself through its inclusive culture, recognized workplace awards, and the scale and coordination of its trauma centers and emergency services in Georgia. Its goal is to improve the health and well-being of everyone served by delivering compassionate care, pursuing excellence, and transforming how healthcare is delivered.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Atlanta, GA
Founded: 1997

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