Job Description

Job Description
Location: Holy Family Hospital

Posted Date: 1/14/2021

At Steward Health Care System, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized behavioral health care with dignity, compassion and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

Important COVID message

Please note, Holy Family hospital is taking additional, necessary preparations to ensure patients can receive compassionate care in a safe, carefully managed environment - with confidence and without fear. Our Safe and Ready program consists of a rigorous [five-point] standard ensuring patient safety, confidence and convenience: Expanded hours will allow previously cancelled procedures to be scheduled as quickly as possible. Any COVID-19 related care takes place in designated areas away from other patients and their families. Emergency Departments are reorganized to be a safe place to treat all emergency patients. A stringent cleaning policy has been implemented throughout the hospital. A strictly controlled visitor and masking policy is required for patient safety. You can rest assured that we have made the necessary preparations to provide care in a safe, controlled and professional way.

Job Summary:

Working under the day to day supervision of the pharmacists and Pharmacy Leadership, the technician is responsible for the proper handling of medications. This includes but is not limited to: receiving, distribution, management of expiration dates, management of inventory in Pyxis, storage, repackaging, compounding, filling orders, delivering, and stocking. Additional and ongoing demonstration of intermediate skills in the practice of pharmacy as defined below are required. The job requires excellent communication skills and a desire to work in a fast-paced environment.

Works under the supervision of:

* Pharmacy Leadership

Career Ladder Criteria (as applicable by site)

* Performs Hazardous Compounding
* Performs batch sterility tests
* Monitors at least one Key Performance Indicator or produces at least one Key Process Improvement
* Assists in revising training materials
* Demonstrates Intermediate skill performance by performing at least one of the following
* Intermediate Purchasing Skills
* Decentralized Pharmacy Services
* Medication Histories
* ADC optimization

Ordering/ Receiving

Assists with receiving order from wholesaler

Scans in delivery

Properly inventories/stickers delivery to ensure all items are received

* Confirms that each med is "scannable". Involves pharmacist when appropriate
* Helps to maintain proper stock levels of drugs, supplies and solutions by Informing in writing, the need for an item when it is getting low

Repackages medications from bulk to unit-dose when necessary

Compounding

Performs calculations for dosing, unit conversions, admixture volumes

Prepares clean room and sterile products area for daily use

Follows clean room policies and procedures

Prepares low and medium risk sterile and non-sterile compounds

* Complies with Universal precautions and uses Aseptic technique when compounding

Inventory Management

Checks expiration dates in and outside the department

Credits and debits patients in Meditech if meds reordered or returned

Resolves missing medication issues

* Performs monthly floor inspections to ensure integrity of medications on the units and in patient care areas.

Ensures all medications are properly labeled

Properly disposes of medications, hazardous substances, sharps

Properly identifies and returns expired meds eligible for credit

Assists in semi-annual inventory activities as needed

Fills Medication Orders

* Receives labels and orders, and is able to accurately select proper drug, dosage form and strength

Accurately retrieves medications from ADC fill list

Neatly organizes filled meds for checking.

Accurately retrieves medications as requested at the window

* Properly refills trays and kits including but not limited to: Code Trays, STEMI kits, anaphylaxis kits, "tackle boxes" in preparation for pharmacist to check.

Accurately fills OR Machines

Delivers medication

Performs routine rounds to patient care areas and units in timely manner

* Delivers meds to proper location including but not limited to: ADC, Med Room or a nurse if requested.

Updates machines with current date for drug

Outdates meds in ADC at each delivery to machine

Returns meds from the floors when need

Fills Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC)

Under stands process of loading and unloading

Fills ADC accurately by consistent use of scanner when required

Loads meds in a neat precise manner without overfilling pocket

Is able to trouble shoot minor equipment issues with ADC

Is able to reboot equipment as needed