Job Description
NEEDED: Pharmacy Technician
LOCATION: 2425 S. 200 th Street, SeaTac, WA 98198
SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day, 6:00 AM - 2:00 PM
QUALIFICAITONS:
- Must have successfully completed a Pharmacy Technician training program that is accredited, approved, or administered by The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.
- Must also hold a current, active, full, and unrestricted certification as a Pharmacy Technician from the State of Washington.
- Must have at least 6 months of applicable experience
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
- Detailed Resume
- Pharmacy Technician Certification
- Two (2) letters of reference,
- Current CPR certification.
JOB DUTIES: S hall include, but are not limited to:
- Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form.
- Determines proper amount and counts, pours, or measures the medications; affixes proper label; and records required data on Pharmacy's paper or electronic copy of prescription/order.
- Delivers medications to patient areas following established procedures and maintains the medications in a secure manner during the delivery process.
- Repackages medications following established procedures and maintains all required documentation.
- Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines.
- Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as required.
- Operates and maintains pharmacy equipment.
- After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered.
- Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution.
- Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
- Monitors inventory needs in patient care areas, relaying this information to the appropriate personnel. This also includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves, and removing/replacing outdated items.
- Provide patient education on pharmacy topics such as requesting refills and drug information sheets.
- Relays judgmental questions to the pharmacist.
- Handles controlled substances.
- The incumbent may be called upon to perform other technical or clerical duties, not
- previously defined as necessary to meet the needs of the department.
BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid Federal Holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contributions.
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