Pharmacy Technician, Intermediate/Associate

Job ID: 5994250982 Status: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Shift: Rotating Facility: UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport Department: Pharmacy Location: 700 High Street, Williamsport, PA Union Position: No Salary Range: $ 18.
68-28.
03 USD UPMC Williamsport is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our inpatient team! If you are looking for a new pharmacy opportunity and are interested in working in a hospital pharmacy environment, we invite you to apply today! This full-time position will work Days with Rotation, (but primarily 7:00 a.
m.
to 3:30 p.
m.
) Additionally, you will work every other weekend and rotating holidays (currently three per year).
We offer a competitive wage, a generous total rewards benefits package, and a pharmacy technician career ladder to help you grow professionally! Applicants will be placed in the appropriate job title and salary based his/her individual experience, education, and certifications.
Pharmacy Technician, Associate (C3) Salary Range: $18.
21 – $27.
36 Pharmacy Technician, Intermediate (C4) Salary Range: $18.
68 – $28.
03 The Pharmacy Technician, Intermediate provides pharmaceutical care to patients within the UPMC Health System by showing proficiency in essential technician functions like sterile and nonsterile medication preparation, packaging and labeling of medications, medication filling, and medication distribution.
The Pharmacy Technician, Intermediate services are provided in compliance with the Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
Responsibilities: General: Develop and maintain a clean, organized, and adequately stocked work environment.
Filling: Consistently can work in the Sterile Product area preparing cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.
g.
chemotherapy) using proper aseptic technique.
General: Maintain all pertinent documentation as required.
This includes eye wash logs, refrigerator logs, perpetual inventory logs, etc.
General: Ensure that all medications in all areas have been safely and securely stored according to the Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and State Board of Pharmacy regulations.
Comply with Federal and State laws such as HIPAA, regulations such as OSHA, and PBM contracting requirements such as FWA and CMS.
Distribution: Develop and maintain positive and productive service relationships during the medication distribution process.
Distribution: Participate in the distribution of medication including medication cassettes, emergency medication carts, and the delivery of controlled substances per department policy and state and federal requirements General: Participate in departmental quality improvement activities to continually improve and evaluate pharmaceutical care as reflected by operational and patient care indicators.
General: Use computer skills to process and maintain all patient information and records.
Maintain all patient information and records.
Maintain the pharmacy computer system as required.
General: finalize sales using cash register, follow proper cash handling policies and procedure General: Audit and maintain accurate records for controlled substances.
Assure that all such drugs are stored and dispensed in compliance with Federal, State, and Department Regulations.
General: Procure and maintain adequate inventory levels daily in applicable areas such as pharmacy medication stock rooms, automated medication carousels, and automated dispensing machines.
Filling: Assist in filling medication orders through correct labeling, counting, and stocking practices.
Initial and date products as required.
General: Provide and receive information (via telephone, person-to-person, or written) to hospital personnel, patients, and visitors.
Refer all drug information questions to Staff Pharmacists.
General: Demonstrate a high level of accuracy and skill in maintaining controlled substance records and the distribution process for controlled substances.
Filling: Assist in the preparation of the proper oral and injectable medications (including intravenous admixtures and TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition)) for the correct patient for administration at the appropriate time.
Use proper technique in the preparation of medications.
Distribution: Retrieve medications that have been discontinued and return (and credits if necessary) them to the appropriate pharmacy area.
Investigational: Assist in the procurement, accountability, storage, preparation, and distribution of investigational and study drugs.
General: Maintain and update automated med stations, unit and department stock, emergency boxes, and crash carts.
Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.
They are not exhaustive lists of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and working conditions associated with the job.
Qualifications: Pharmacy Technician, Associate Requirements: Completion of high school diploma or equivalent required AND one of the following: Completion of an accredited pharmacy technician program Six months of previous pharmacy technician experience Six months experience as a Pharmacy Assistant within the UPMC Health System Enrollment in an undergraduate pharmacy program and in good standing Pharmacy Technician, Intermediate requirements: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: Participate in an active role as a lead contributor/developer in the department and collaborative quality improvement, assisting in data collection, program implementation, and reporting of results.
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCESSING: possess a high level of knowledge regarding insurance prior authorization process including communication with patient and health care providers, understanding of documentation needed from medical records and pharmacy benefit management websites, ability to complete needed paperwork and assist in the follow-up with the approval process.
, MEDICATION ACCESS AND ADHERENCE: assist patients and health care providers with financial coordination using programs such as copay assistance, pharmaceutical manufacturer assistance programs, foundation assistance, and UPMC programs.
Promote quality and patient health through enrollment and management of adherence programs such as refill coordination and medication synchronization.
DECENTRAL PARTICIPATION: Engage in decentralized technician activities including automation management, cassette exchange, and expiration return, and demonstrate customer service during all interactions with nurses to facilitate the drug distribution process.
Monitor pharmacy activities including but not limited to turnaround time, stockouts, missing doses, central drop, and AcuDose footprints.
, MEDICATION RECONCILIATION: Interview patients and appropriate caregivers to obtain admission medication information and accurately enter it into the electronic chart for review by a pharmacist.
Coordinate with health care professionals to facilitate any medication changes made throughout the hospital stay and ensure the filling of prescriptions for patients upon discharge.
This may include transportation of the physical prescription and coordination of payment from the patient to the outpatient pharmacy.
AUTOMATION: Possess a high level of knowledge and skill in working with pharmacy automation technologies, including RobotRx and packaging operations.
OR SERVICES: Understand and consistently assist with the daily operations within the operating room pharmacy, including drawing up syringes and filling kits, case trays, room boxes, etc.
, as well as appropriate inventory and ordering practices for OR satellites and areas.
INVENTORY PROCESSES: Maintain an understanding of best practices associated with inventory control processes, ordering, and receiving medication.
Demonstrate a solid understanding of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to procurement.
NON-STERILE PACKAGING: Able to package oral dosage forms including liquid formulations in the pharmacy packaging system.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE HANDLING: Assist with controlled substance ordering, receiving, and filling, and maintain appropriate inventory documentation in compliance with Federal, State, and Department Regulations.
CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC PREPARATION: Consistently can work in the Sterile Product area preparing cytotoxic and hazardous drugs (e.
g.
chemotherapy) with a high level of skill and expertise.
STERILE COMPOUNDING: Compound IV medications using appropriate aseptic technique in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner.
Utilizing the pharmacy information system, generate any necessary sterile product reports, and labels, or make time changes; discontinue IV solutions with high skill and accuracy.
Able to perform the calculations involved in nutritional solution preparation.
ORDER ENTRY: Assist with the order entry of medications into the pharmacy information system including IV admixtures and TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition), under the supervision of a pharmacist.
, ADJUDICATION/BILLING: Consistently exhibit the following actions; submission of prescription information to correct insurance processor, troubleshooting and resolving rejected claims, reliably coordinating multiple benefit payers, including Medicare obtaining all necessary paperwork including assignment of benefit forms.
Completion of high school diploma or equivalent OR Completion of an accredited pharmacy technician program AND one of the following: Two years of Pharmacy Technician experience OR Enrollment in good standing as a pharmacy student.
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