Certified Pharmacy Technician

Responsibilities

· Fills prescription items, as permitted by the State Board of Pharmacy, packaging medications for dispensing and for delivery, meeting the accuracy and productivity standards of the pharmacy

· Labels products appropriately, including cautionary or auxiliary labels

· Participates in the periodic inventory of the pharmacy

· May check in drugs and supplies, stock shelves and remove out-of-date items from the inventory

· Prepares medications including emulsions, liquids, powders and ointments, which may include non-sterile compounding

· Communicates with internal and external customers in a pleasant and professional manner

· May process returned medications from the facility for credit or destruction

· Assists in the training of new employees

· Also performs at least one of the following:

· Works in the Controlled Drugs (Narcotics) Room;

· Works with automated machine to prepack drugs;

· Manages inventory functions such as monitoring pharmaceutical levels and identify expired medications, managing to the pharmacy standard for Days on Hand;

· Inputs patient data and medication orders into a computer system to produce labels (data entry);

· Mixes/packages IV medications, sanitizes IV room, equipment and hood

· Services facility-based medication dispensing machines (e.g., RxNow)

· Performs other tasks as assigned