Pharmacy Tech

Overview

CHI Health St. Mary’s has served Nebraska City and the surrounding areas since 1927. In the fall of 2014 St. Mary’s opened the doors of a brand-new fully modernized facility. The new 110000-square-foot campus is better equipped to meet the changing needs of our community with among other benefits an increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. St. Mary’s encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists. This contributes to the high quality of care our patients have come to expect.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE

To assist and perform a variety of supporting tasks under the supervision of a pharmacist. This may include the compounding and dispensing of prescriptions and I.V.’s, maintaining the appropriate records associated with them and proper computer entry to comply with state and federal guidelines.

ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

General Tech Duties

1. Performs duties in documented accordance with requirements of all regulatory and governing bodies. Mandatory education from a system and department level is completed.

2. Maintains professional attitude with patients, visitors and other hospital personnel while assuring confidentiality of patient and other hospital information.

3. Complies with all HIPAA procedures. Prepares, fills and distributes unit-dose medication. Performs clerical functions such as maintaining prescription files, answering the telephone and triaging phone calls.

4. Completes charges/credits daily for billing.

5. Fills and prices department drug stock-supply requisitions.

6. Maintains the various work areas of the department and equipment/utensils in a net, clean, and orderly appearance.

7. Performs and documents inspections of the general pharmacy inventory to ensure that expired or otherwise unusable drugs are removed and replaced when appropriate.

Hospital Tech

1. Assists in the preparation of sterile intravenous under pharmacist supervision.

2. Maintains adequate levels of stock drugs in Automated Dispensing System on nursing units.

3. Checks for discontinued IV admixture solutions and antibiotic piggyback solutions in nursing unit refrigerator. Returns unused medications to the pharmacy.

4. Repackages and labels bulk oral solid and liquid drugs into unit-dose form under pharmacist supervision. Reconstitutes drugs and prepares compounds under pharmacist supervision. Maintains accurate packaging log under pharmacist supervision.

5. Resupplies emergency drugs to crash carts and heart carts under pharmacist supervision.

Retail Tech

1. Retrieval of prescriptions from patients.

2. Data and prescription entry.

3. Prescription filling.

4. Answer the phone for general customer service, prescription refills and resolves insurance problems.

5. Works the cash register.

6. Demonstrates work practices consistent with CHI Health and department-specific safety, security and infection control policies.

7. Authorized to make entries in the medical record, consistent with and limited to the scope of the job duties and any applicable licensure.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education and Experience – High School Diploma or GED

Required Licensure and Certifications – Licensure required based on state worked:

Nebraska – must have an active Pharmacy Tech license and be certified within 1 year of employment.

Certification requirements vary by state: In Nebraska a board approved state and/or national pharmacy technician certification is required. Applicable certifications include:

Certified Pharmacy Tech PTCB (CPT-PTCB)

(For the following please use system code CPHT)

Certified Pharmacy Tech NCCT, Certified Pharmacy Tech ECPT or

Certified Pharmacy Tech through one of the following State

Certification Programs

– UNMC College of Pharmacy

– Southeast Community College

– Nebraska Methodist College

– Quality Career Pathways

Pay Range

$17.04 – $23.43 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.