JOB SUMMARY:

The Pharmacy Technician assists the pharmacists by preparing medications, performing routine duties, delivering medications, and assisting with clerical functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Prepares patient drug orders
• Delivers medications to medication rooms, and nursing stations as appropriate
• Reviews patient MAR of potential admissions and plans medications to be delivered to medication machines
• Restocks usable medications/IVs returned to the pharmacy
• Files medication orders
• Assists the pharmacist with audits
• Completes assigned unit inspections
• Restocks automated medication dispensing machines
• Communicates stock utilization and ordering needs, and assists with ordering inventory and supplies
• Checks medication expiration dates and alerts pharmacist when needed
• Compounds and labels extemporaneous liquid and solid products for patients according to procedure
• Answers telephone and processes requests according to procedures
• Properly unit doses medications that do not come prepackaged
• Assists pharmacist, nursing staff, or other staff as appropriate
• Prepares sterile and non-sterile compounds per USP standards
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or GED
• Registered as a pharmacy technician with the State Board of Pharmacy as required by state regulations
• Pharmacy Technician Licensure as required by state regulations